deposit English · revision 6571

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1621|origins=la pono}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /dɪˈpɒz.ɪt/ ''(UK)''; /dɪˈpɑ.zɪt/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The noun is [[bor|la|dēpositum|t=something laid aside]], and the verb from [[m|la|dēpositus]], the past participle of [[m|la|dēpōno|alt=dēpōnere|t=to lay aside, put down]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|dē-|t=away]] and [[m|la|pōno|alt=pōnere|t=to put]] (see [[position]]);^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) SOED derives the verb from French dépositer or Medieval Latin [[m|la-med|dēpositāre]].^(SOED 2002) It is a doublet of [[depot]].^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The state of being placed in safekeeping, ''on deposit'': 1621 in MWU, 1624 in Barnhart, in Francis Bacon, and the OED;^(MWU 2024)^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) the verb, to place in another's hands as a pledge, 1624.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Something laid up or committed to another's charge is from before 1660.^(OED 1989) A sum paid as a pledge or first instalment is from 1737,^(OED 1989) and money placed in a bank for safety or interest from 1737–53.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) A layer of matter laid down by natural processes, such as minerals or sediment, is from 1781.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The verb, to lay away for safekeeping, is from the 1650s, and to lay or set down from 1749.^(Etymonline) Middle English had depost, a thing entrusted (late 14th century).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1621 – in safekeeping.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1624 – the verb.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1737 – a sum paid as a pledge.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1781 – a natural layer of matter.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A sum of money paid into a bank account.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A first payment for something, or money given as security.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A layer of [[sediment]], [[mineral|alt=minerals]] or other matter accumulated naturally.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To put or set down, especially in a particular place.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To put money into a bank or give it as security.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of water, wind or ice, to leave a layer of matter.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[depositor]]

+ * [[safe-deposit]]

+ * [[subdeposit]]

+ * [[electrodeposit]]

+ * [[predeposit]]

+ * [[redeposit]]

+ * [[undeposited]]

+ * [[certificate of deposit]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[depose]]

+ * [[depositary]]

+ * [[depository]]

+ * [[repository]]

+ * [[suppository]]

+ * [[depot]]

+ * [[deposition]]

+ * [[position]]

+ * [[depone]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}