depository

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dēpositōrium, from Latin dēpositum, past participle of dēpōnō.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɒzɪtɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɑzɪtɔɹi/

Noun

depository (plural depositories)

1. A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation.

   Synonym: repository

   • 1776, United States Declaration of Independence:

     He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Morality of Diamonds”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 17:

     Henrietta rang for the attendants to draw in the ponderous curtains; and in the meanwhile, curious to behold the stores of the emblazoned depository, lighted the tapers for herself. The case was speedily unclasped, and the countess stood dazzled with the brilliancy of the precious contents.

2. A trustee; a depositary.

   depository library

Antonyms

• nondepository

Derived terms

• subdepository

Translations

a place where something is deposited

Armenian: դարան (hy) (daran) Bulgarian: склад (bg) m (sklad), храни́лище (bg) n (hranílište) Chinese: Mandarin: 倉庫 / 仓库 (zh) (cāngkù) Czech: depozitář m Esperanto: deponejo French: dépôt (fr) m Georgian: საცავი (sacavi) German: Depot (de) n Japanese: 倉庫 (ja) (そうこ, sōko) Macedonian: склад m (sklad), скла́диште n (skládište), храни́лиште m or n (hranílište) (archaic) Polish: depozytariusz, składnica (pl) f Russian: склад (ru) m (sklad), храни́лище (ru) n (xranílišče), депозита́рий (ru) m (depozitárij)

a trustee; a depositary

Czech: depozitář m Russian: храни́тель (ru) m (xranítelʹ), храни́тельница (ru) f (xranítelʹnica), дове́ренное лицо́ n (dovérennoje licó) Serbo-Croatian: depozitar (sh) m