<p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.</li><li>Synonyms: store, save, bank.</li><li>to give as security or in part payment.</li><li>to deliver and leave (an item): Please deposit your returned books with the librarian.</li><li>to insert (a coin) in a coin-operated device: Deposit a quarter and push the button.</li><li>to put, place, or set down, especially carefully or exactly: She deposited the baby in the crib.</li><li>to lay or throw down by a natural process; precipitate: The river deposited soil at its mouth.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>to be placed, inserted, precipitated, left for safekeeping, given as security or in partial payment, etc.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>money placed in a bank account or an instance of placing money in a bank account.</li><li>anything given as security or in part payment: The boy returned the bottle and got his five-cent deposit back.</li><li>anything laid away or entrusted to another for safekeeping: A large deposit of jewels was stolen from the hotel safe.</li><li>a place for safekeeping; depository.</li><li>something precipitated, delivered and left, or thrown down, as by a natural process: a deposit of soil.</li><li>the natural sediment of wine in a bottle.</li><li>a coating of metal deposited on something, usually by an electric current.</li><li>a natural accumulation or occurrence, especially of oil or ore: a mountain range with many rich deposits of gold.</li><li>Synonyms: pocket, vein, lode.</li></ul>