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deposit

noun as in down payment; money saved

noun as in accumulation of solid

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Topographic measurements from MESSENGER also show that the shadowed craters appear to contain thick, sloping deposits, which are probably accumulations of water ice.

It also allowed fraudulent listings that led to guests being scammed out of their deposits.

From Fortune

Some of that research also teased the presence of water at the crater in other ways, like conical hills that are similar to icy mountains on Earth formed by pressurized groundwater, but the salt deposits offer the best evidence.

Typically, university administrators use deposits — minimum fees that students send in to secure their place after receiving an acceptance letter — to forecast the size of their incoming class.

From Ozy

“Your deposit rate is really the only thing you have to go on,” says Jamie Ealy, a senior associate at Art & Science Group, who used to work in admissions offices at West Virginia University and Berea College in Kentucky.

From Ozy

This was material that was buried for safekeeping, almost like a safety deposit box that was never claimed.

Copyright renewed 1969 by August Mencken and Mercantile Safe Deposit Trust Co.

It is likely the mother's body, which means that the currents will probably deposit the children somewhere nearby.

We will not sit on the sidelines and deposit our fate in the hands of others.

Or, “Only to the end of this month: deposit a separatist and get up to 12 percent interest.”

It separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.

Factors which favor an early deposit are high acidity, diminished urinary pigments, and excessive excretion of uric acid.

A savings bank is not a true bank of deposit, providing circulating credit.

The troops to be prisoners of war and to deposit their arms at a place to be appointed by General Merritt.

Suppose a person presents a check and the maker's deposit is not enough to pay the full amount, what can be done?

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On this page you'll find 164 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to deposit, such as: security, drop, installment, pledge, retainer, and stake.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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