1. To put or set down; place. 2. layers of sediment that were deposited on the ocean floor; glaciers that deposited their debris as they melted. 3. To give over or entrust for safekeeping. 4. To put (money) in a bank or financial account. 5. To give as partial payment or security. 6. To become deposited; settle. 7. Something, such as money, that is entrusted for safekeeping, as in a bank. 8. funds on deposit with a broker. 9. left a $100 deposit toward the purchase of a stereo system. 10. A sum of money given as security for an item acquired for temporary use. 11. A depository. 12. Something deposited, especially by a natural process, as: 13. iron ore deposits; rich deposits of oil and natural gas. 14. An accumulation of organic or inorganic material, such as a lipid or mineral, in a body tissue, structure, or fluid. 15. A sediment or precipitate that has settled out of a solution. 16. A coating or crust left on a surface, as by evaporation or electrolysis.
