Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One entrusted with something for preservation or safekeeping.
- noun A depository.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of deposit; receiving deposits: said of banks.
- noun A person with whom anything is left or lodged in trust; one to whom a thing is committed for safekeeping, or to be used for the benefit of the owner; a trustee; a guardian. Also
depository . - noun In law, a bailee of personal property, to be kept by him for the bailor without recompense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor.
- noun A storehouse; a depository.
- noun (Law) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit
- noun One who receives a
deposit in trust - noun A place where deposits are kept
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Singapore Exchange also started trading in American depositary receipts of 19 major Asian companies in October.
Singapore Exchange Ratchets Up Competition Gaurav Raghuvanshi 2011
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The Ohio and New York pension plans are seeking class- action, or group, status for the suit, covering investors in American depositary receipts from Jan. 16, 2007, to May 28, 2010.
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Luxembourg-based Skype registered $US100 million in American depositary shares with the
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Net investments in American depositary receipts of Chilean companies almost tripled in December to $72.5 million from $25.5 million in November, according to Banchile Inversiones estimates.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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Net investments in American depositary receipts of Chilean companies almost tripled in December to $72.5 million from $25.5 million in November, according to Banchile Inversiones estimates.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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Luxembourg-based Skype registered $US100 million in American depositary shares with the
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China's biggest online gamer, Nasdaq-listed Shanda Interactive Entertainment, plans to sell up to $800 million in American depositary receipts in an initial public offering of its online games unit.
Variety.com 2009
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The proceeds will be combined with existing cash to repurchase as much as $175 million in American depositary receipts.
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Friday's filing indicates Lashou's offering could reach $100 million in American depositary shares, but that figure is a placeholder that is likely to change.
China's 'Groupon' Files for U.S. IPO Christopher Zinsli 2011
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But the determination of the depositary is another matter.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
hernesheir commented on the word depositary
"The depositary of power is always unpopular."
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881) - Comingsby, bk. 1, ch. 1.
September 20, 2009