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deposit 1. money given in part payment or as security, as when goods are bought on hire-purchase 2. a consideration, esp money, given temporarily as security against loss of or damage to something borrowed or hired 3. Geography an accumulation of sediments, mineral ores, coal, etc. 4. Chemistry a coating produced on a surface, esp a layer of metal formed by electrolysis 5. a depository or storehouse 6. on deposit payable as the first instalment, as when buying on hire-purchase deposit [də′päz·ət] (computer science) To preserve the contents of a portion of a computer memory by copying it in a backing storage. (geology) Consolidated or unconsolidated material that has accumulated by a natural process or agent. (materials) Any material applied to a base by means of vacuum, electrical, chemical, screening, or vapor methods. (science and technology) Any solid matter which is gradually laid down on a surface by a natural process. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| For he certainly does not mean, as we were now saying that I ought to return a return a deposit of arms or of anything else to one who asks for it when he is not in his right senses; and yet a deposit cannot be denied to be a debt. Helped by the kindness of my friend, I have arranged to have a cabin kept in reserve, on payment of a small deposit. Massacres are to be sternly forbidden as heretofore; but any citizen or subject of either country disobeying the injunction is to detach the scalps of all persons massacred and deposit them with a local officer designated to receive and preserve them and sworn to keep and render a true account thereof. |
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