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deposit

[dih-poz-it] / dɪˈpɒz ɪt /




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She gave him money for a deposit, bought bridesmaid dresses for her daughters, a veil, "a few little trinket bits".

From BBC

The scheme was not uncovered until after the sale closed in 2024 and one of the suspects got a hefty wire deposit.

From Los Angeles Times

Last summer, KoBold Metals, a US start-up using artificial intelligence to discover mineral deposits, especially lithium, signed a large-scale exploration agreement with the DRC.

From Barron's

But I don’t think you need to back out of this, although doing so could come with the loss of your deposit.

From MarketWatch

He is also the local chairman of an Australian mining company, which has sued Greenland and Denmark for $11.5 billion after being denied the right to mine a rare-earth deposit in south Greenland.

From The Wall Street Journal