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

  • (..) And that's just from the drawers. Let's see what you got from the vault. This is it? The whole vault? I'm afraid so. It's got your deposit slip on it. Well, I just didn't want you leaving empty-handed. There's something you should know. The reason they don't have money... I told Norther about (..)
    2003 Big Fish