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Webster 1913 Edition


Depository

De-pos′i-to-ry

(-tō̍-ry̆)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Depositories
(-rĭz)
.
1.
A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping;
as, warehouse is a
depository
for goods; a clerk’s office is a
depository
for records.
2.
One with whom something is deposited; a depositary.
I am the sole
depository
of my own secret, and it shall perish with me.
Junius.

Webster 1828 Edition


Depository

DEPOSITORY

,
Noun.
A place where any thing is lodged for safe-keeping. A warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerks office, for records.

Definition 2024


depository

depository

English

Noun

depository (plural depositories)

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

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