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Deposite vs. Deposit: What's the Difference?

"Deposite" is an incorrect spelling, while "deposit" is the correct term referring to placing money in a bank or laying down a substance.

Deposite and Deposit Definitions

Deposite

Obsolete spelling of deposit

Deposit

(Geology) A concentration of mineral matter or sediment in a layer, vein, or pocket
Iron ore deposits.
Rich deposits of oil and natural gas.

Deposite

Obsolete spelling of deposit

Deposit

To give over or entrust for safekeeping.

Deposit

A coating or crust left on a surface, as by evaporation or electrolysis.
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Deposit

To put or set down; place.

Deposit

To lay down or leave behind by a natural process
Layers of sediment that were deposited on the ocean floor.
Glaciers that deposited their debris as they melted.

Deposit

To put (money) in a bank or financial account.

Deposit

To give as partial payment or security.

Deposit

To become deposited; settle.
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Deposit

Something, such as money, that is entrusted for safekeeping, as in a bank.

Deposit

The condition of being deposited
Funds on deposit with a broker.

Deposit

A partial or initial payment of a cost or debt
Left a $100 deposit toward the purchase of a stereo system.

Deposit

A sum of money given as security for an item acquired for temporary use.

Deposit

A depository.

Deposit

(Physiology) An accumulation of organic or inorganic material, such as a lipid or mineral, in a body tissue, structure, or fluid.

Deposit

A sediment or precipitate that has settled out of a solution.

Deposit

(geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.

Deposit

That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care of another.

Deposit

(banking) Money placed in an account.

Deposit

Anything left behind on a surface.
A mineral deposit
A deposit of seaweed on the shore
A deposit of jam on my countertop

Deposit

(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
They put down a deposit on the apartment.

Deposit

A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit

Deposit

A place of deposit; a depository.

Deposit

(transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand.
The waters deposited a rich alluvium.

Deposit

To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
To deposit goods in a warehouse

Deposit

To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.

Deposit

(transitive) To put money or funds into an account.
I had to deposit two months' rent into my landlord's account before he gave me the keys.

Deposit

To lay aside; to rid oneself of.

Deposit

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium.
The fear is deposited in conscience.

Deposit

To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.

Deposit

To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order.

Deposit

To lay aside; to rid one's self of.
If what is written prove useful to you, to the depositing that which I can not but deem an error.

Deposit

That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river).
The deposit already formed affording to the succeeding portion of the charged fluid a basis.

Deposit

A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation.

Deposit

That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security.

Deposit

A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.

Deposit

A place of deposit; a depository.

Deposit

The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

Deposit

Matter deposited by some natural process

Deposit

The natural process of laying down a deposit of something

Deposit

Money deposited in a bank

Deposit

A partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later

Deposit

Money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use;
His deposit was refunded when he returned the car

Deposit

A payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met

Deposit

A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

Deposit

The act of putting something somewhere

Deposit

Fix, force, or implant;
Lodge a bullet in the table

Deposit

Put into a bank account;
She deposites her paycheck every month

Deposit

Put (something somewhere) firmly;
She posited her hand on his shoulder
Deposit the suitcase on the bench
Fix your eyes on this spot

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