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depository

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


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A $26 billion-plus sale of American depository receipts from the South Korean chip-making company SK Hynix.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

On an adjusted basis, it lost 9 cents per American depository receipt.

From MarketWatch May 26, 2026

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 21% to $80.12 on Tuesday, putting them on pace for their worst single-day percentage drop since March 2020, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

From Barron's Mar. 10, 2026

Some 14,700 tons of silver worth more than $300 million were procured from the depository on the understanding that every ounce would be returned after the war.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

A-M Global Logistics operates a network of distribution hubs and secure depositories, capable of moving physical bullion at scale.

From Barron's Apr. 16, 2026

By contrast, the much larger U.S. financial market operates with just two central securities depositories and eight central counterparties.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

The city-centre depositories, promising instant deliveries of popular grocery items, blossomed during Covid lockdown.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2023

Analysts from Otkritie Investments wrote that Luxembourg appeared to have taken numerous appeals from Russian depositories and investors into account.

From Reuters Dec. 20, 2022

They are circular, of considerable height, and probably were erected as watch towers or depositories for the treasures of the church.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various




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