deposit

Definition

  • verb: to put (money) in a bank account
  • verb: to place especially for safekeeping or as a pledge

Examples

  • If you return that empty soda can, you'll get back the five-cent 'deposit' you paid when you bought the soda.

  • He carefully 'deposited' [=(more commonly) 'put, placed'] the tools in the trunk of his car.

  • Our records show that she 'made' a large 'deposit' to her account earlier in the month.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) you can boil an egg on the engine. When we bring the car back, I'll peel the egg for ya. Listen, you made me laugh, but I can't let the car go out. Want a deposit? This is not an installment item, sir. Freddie, you're no spring chicken. You know what they call me at the home office? (..)
    1992 Scent of a Woman