depository

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/dɪˈpɒzɪtəri/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/dɪˈpɑzɪˌtɔri/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(di poz′i tôr′ē, -tōr′ē)

Inflections of 'depository' (n): npl: depositories

de•pos•i•to•ry n. [countable], pl. -ries.

a place where something is deposited, as for safekeeping:the night depository of a bank.

See -pos-.

de•pos•i•to•ry n., pl. -ries.

a place where something is deposited or stored, as for safekeeping:the night depository of a bank.
a depositary;
trustee.

adj.

Bankingof or pertaining to a depository or depositories:the depository role of a bank.

Medieval Latin dēpositōrium; (def. 2) deposit + -ory¹ (noun, nominal use of adjective, adjectival suffix)
(def. 1) 1650–60

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depository /dɪˈpɒzɪtərɪ; -trɪ/ n ( pl -ries)

Etymology: 17th Century (in the sense: place of a deposit): from Medieval Latin dēpositōrium; C18 (in the sense: depositary): see deposit, -ory¹

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