depository

depository

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin depositorium, from Latin depositum, past participle of depono

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɒzɪtɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɑzɪtɔɹi/

Noun

depository (plural depositories)

1. A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation; a repository.
2. A trustee; a depositary.

Antonyms

• nondepository

Translations

a place where something is deposited

Armenian: դարան (hy) (daran) Bulgarian: склад (bg) m (sklad), хранилище (bg) n (hranílište) Chinese: Mandarin: 倉庫 (zh), 仓库 (zh) (cāngkù) French: dépôt (fr) m

Georgian: საცავი (sacavi) German: Depot (de) n Japanese: 倉庫 (ja) (そうこ, sōko) Polish: depozytariusz Russian: склад (ru) m (sklad), храни́лище (ru) n (xranílišče), депозита́рий (ru) m (depozitárij)

a trustee; a depositary

Russian: храни́тель (ru) m (xranítelʹ), храни́тельница (ru) f (xranítelʹnica), доверенное (doverennoje) лицо́ (licó) (dovérennoje licó) n

Serbo-Croatian: depozitar (sh) m