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

  • (..) into an international conglomerate... ...by Eastern techniques of efficiency and focus and unlimited... Mr. Corleone, excuse me. Didn't you recently deposit million in the Vatican Bank, which is affiliated with immobiliare? True. Why not? Mr. Chairman, if I may? (..)
    1990 The Godfather Part III
  • (..) We've sold the casinos. All businesses having to do with gambling. We have no interests or investments in anything illegitimate. The Corleones are prepared to deposit million dollars in the Vatican Bank when Mr. Corleone receives majority control of immobiliare. It seems that, in today's world, (..)
    1990 The Godfather Part III