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depository

[dih-poz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / dɪˈpɒz ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /


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It is looking at allowing Chinese-registered companies to follow Chinese accounting rules when listing global depository receipts in London.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

BioNTech’s American depository receipts sank 17% to $84.59 in premarket trading Tuesday, putting the stock on pace for its worst single-day percentage drop since December 2021, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

TD Cowen analysts lowered its rating on the stock to hold from buy and modestly lowered its price target on the American depository receipts to $42 from $45.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

"I'm convinced there are still people out there, one in particular who I think was probably in that cash depository that we've never traced," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Chicago’s small but vocal censorians feared that impoverished parents would turn the building into a depository for unwanted children.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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