deposit

Put money in

A deposit is something placed somewhere for safekeeping or as a partial payment.

You make a deposit at a bank, putting money into an account.

A security deposit on an apartment guarantees against damage.

In geology, a deposit is material left behind by natural processes: mineral deposits, sediment deposits.

To deposit is to put down or leave behind: She deposited her keys on the counter.

The flood deposited silt across the fields.

downpayment

mortgage

Secured home loan

equity · preapproval · homebuying · offer · appraisal · title · refundable · nonrefundable · percentage · first-time buyer

pledge

collateral

Security for debt

bond · assurance · forfeit · stake · token · good faith · safekeeping · entrust · bailment · pawn

geological

sediment

Particles settling in liquid

alluvium · silt · delta · erosion · stratification · paleontology · outcrop · fluvial · accretion · sedimentation

banking

savings

Accumulated money kept

balance · funds · transfer · check · debit · credit · paycheck · certificate · CD · maturity

mineral

ore

Metal-bearing rock

  • veinVessel toward heart
  • goldElement seventy-nine
  • silverLustrous white precious metal

copper · coal · diamond · mining · extraction · prospecting · lode · platinum · nickel · bauxite

rental

lease

Temporary use contract

refund · move-in · damages · inspection · withholding · return · cleaning · deduction · housing · walkthrough

Categories
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banking/financial transaction

depositwithdraw

Remove or pull away

withdrawal · debit · take out · draw · cash out

physical placement

depositremove

Take something away

pick up · take · retrieve · lift · displace

geological/accumulation process

depositerosion

Gradual wearing away

erode · weathering · wear away · wash away · excavate

Phrases
Family

deposited, deposition, depose, depository, deposits, depositing, deposed, depositor, deposing

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