n.
    - a sum of money placed in a bank or other account.
 - a sum payable as a first instalment or as a pledge. 
▸a returnable sum paid to cover possible loss or damage.
 - a layer or body of accumulated matter.
 - the action of depositing something.
 
v.
 (deposits, depositing, deposited)
  - put or set down in a specific place. 
▸lay down naturally as a layer or covering.
 - store or entrust with someone for safe keeping. 
▸pay as a deposit.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - lose one's deposit
 (of a candidate in a UK parliamentary election) receive less than a certain proportion of the votes (thereby forfeiting a statutory financial deposit). 
    
   
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  C16: from L. depositum (n.), med. L. depositare (v.), both from L. deposit-, deponere ‘lay aside’.