deposit
de-pos-it · noun
Definitions
noun
- 1.
A sum of money placed in a bank account.
- 2.
A sum of money paid as a first installment or as security.
- 3.
A layer of matter that has accumulated naturally.
- 4.
To put money into a bank account.
- 5.
To lay down or leave behind.
Related words
Antonyms: withdrawal
Etymology
From Latin depositum, past participle of deponere (to put down), from de- (down) + ponere (to put, place). First recorded in English in the 17th century.