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

  • (..) Yikes. That's the doorbell. I didn't know we had a doorbell. ' Andrew, get the door! ' No, he's wired in. That's gonna cut into your security deposit. ' Andrew. ' Not now. Good boy. ' Sean? ' Mark? (..)
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