Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who makes a deposit; specifically, one who deposits money in a bank.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who makes a deposit, especially of money in a bank; -- the correlative of depository.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution
Etymologies
- deposit + -or (Wiktionary)
Examples
“For example, a big bank has been required to keep a higher level of cash reserves than a small bank, although the risk to the depositor is obviously in the other direction.”
“A gratuitous deposit for the sole benefit of the depositor is a much stronger case for the denial of these remedies to the depositary; yet we have a decision by the full court, in which Lord Ellenborough also took part, that a depositary has case, the reasoning implying that a fortiori a borrower would have trespass.”
“The Treasury also seemed to create a potential loophole in regard to the Vickers recommendation that ordinary depositors should be first in the queue to get their money if a bank were to go bust, a so-called "depositor preference" rule.”
“By law, the depositor is the one responsible for any deposits he makes, so unfortunately you're stuck with the bill.”
“So, our depositor is our best one in our business.”
“Notice that the note of the depositor (see #7 above) and the note of the borrower both said exactly the same thing (except the names of the "depositor" is changed) and both could be used in exactly the same way -- to buy goods and services.”
“And while Lehman and Bear Stearns, as investment banks, aren't subject to the same kind of depositor panic, the flight from those firms by other dealers was akin to the panic faced by commercial banks.”
“a certified check written by the Recording Angel on my conscience for that amount, passed to my credit in the bank where thieves break not through nor steal, -- it being no more accessible to them than to the depositor, which is a comfort to the latter.”
“Some additional powers have already been identified, such as depositor protection, and others were still to be discussed, such as the level of global regulation.”
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ECON - economic policy instruments
Towards a European banking union and common economic policy. Terms still warm and crispy from the corridors of legislation (summer 2012).
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