deposits

Money put in

Deposits are things placed somewhere for safekeeping or accumulation.

Money deposited in a bank account is a deposit; so is the partial payment securing a purchase or rental: The landlord requires a security deposit.

In geology, deposits are materials left behind by natural processes—sediment, minerals, or organic matter that accumulate over time: rich deposits of copper ore.

The verb deposit means to put something down or entrust it somewhere: She deposited the check on Friday.

geological

sediment

Particles settling in liquid

  • mineralNaturally formed crystalline solid
  • oreMetal-bearing rock
  • veinVessel toward heart

alluvial · glacial · volcanic · fossil · stratum · bedrock · formation · outcrop · coal · iron

residue

buildup

Gradual accumulation over time

  • scaleMeasure of relative size
  • plaqueInscribed memorial tablet
  • tartarHardened dental plaque

calcium · limescale · sediment · sludge · film · crust · accumulation · arterial · mineral · corrosion

banking

savings

Accumulated money kept

interest · balance · funds · ATM · teller · slip · receipt · vault · FDIC · insured

security

escrow

Conditional third-party deposit

landlord · tenant · refundable · non-refundable · guarantee · bond · earnest-money · prepayment · forfeiture · hold

Categories
Opposites
banking/financial transactions

depositswithdrawals

Removal of deposited funds

withdraws · removes · takes out · debits · cashes out

physical placement/removal

depositsremoves

Takes something out

retrieves · picks up · collects · withdraws · extracts

geological accumulation

depositserosion

Gradual wearing away

weathering · dissolution · erodes · excavation · washes away

Phrases
Family

deposit, deposited, deposition, depository, depositing, depositor, depositary

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