▪ I. deposit de‧pos‧it 1 [dɪˈpɒzt ǁ dɪˈpɑː-] noun
1. [countable] BANKING an amount of money paid into a bank account or held in a bank account, especially when it is earning interest:
• Residents have some $4 billion in deposits in local financial institutions.
diˌrect deˈposit [countable, uncountable]
BANKING a method for paying someone's wages directly into their bank account, or the amount paid in:
• Offer direct deposit to your employees with our online banking service.
• Many banks will waive monthly fees on certain accounts where there is a regular direct deposit.
ˌfixed deˈposit [countable] BANKING
an amount of money held in a bank account and earning a particular rate of interest for a fixed period of time:
• Investors are now able to obtain a better yield, 5%, from one-year fixed deposits at the National Savings Bank.
2. deposits [plural] BANKING the total amount of money held in bank accounts etc within an economy
the total amount of money that customers have paid into a particular bank or into all banks in a particular area or economy:
• The money supply, essentially the sum of all currency and bank deposits, barely grew in the fourth quarter.
ˌcash ˈratio deˌposits [plural] BANKING
the amount of money that a country's banks must leave with its
central bank. Interest on this money helps pay the central bank's costs:
• Banks hope the rate for cash ratio deposits will drop from 0.35% of their sterling deposits to 0.2%.
the money available to a bank in its customers' accounts, rather than through the
money market:
• We have added 68,000 new savings and checking accounts, to bring total core deposits to $13.2 billion.
ˈeurodollar deˌposits [plural] BANKING
US dollars held by banks outside the US on which interest is paid:
• Three-month eurodollar deposits yield 6.69%, compared with 9.125% for equivalent euro deposits.
ˈmoney ˌmarket deˌposits [plural] FINANCE
money held on the
money market rather than in bank accounts:
• Investors have shifted their funds into short-term money market deposits, where they can earn interest rates as high as 8%.
• The public deposits are usually relatively small, as surplus cash is used for repayment of government debts.
a type of bank account from which you can take out money immediately without paying a charge and without informing the bank in advance:
• For customers specifically wanting US dollars, it has a US Dollar Call Deposit Account, offering interest and immediate access to funds.
deˈmand deˌposit [countable] BANKING
• Bank of America requires no minimum balance on its demand deposit account.
ˈsight deˌposit [countable] BANKING
• The most familiar form of sight deposit are current accounts at banks.
ˈterm deˌposit also ˈtime deˌposit [countable] BANKING
a bank account in which you must leave your money for a minimum period of time and from which you can only take out money after informing the bank in advance:
• More than $150 billion was withdrawn from time deposits in thrifts and banks last year.
4. [countable] PROPERTY a small first payment that you make for a house, car, holiday etc:
• You have to put down a deposit of 10% of the total cost.
5. [countable] PROPERTY an amount of money that you pay when you rent something which will be given back to you if you do not damage the thing you are renting:
• You will have to pay one month's rent in advance, plus a deposit of $500.
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▪ II. deposit deposit 2 verb [transitive] BANKING
to leave money or other valuable things at a bank:
deposit something in something
• He advised her to sell the shop and deposit the money in the bank.
deposit something with somebody/something
• The dollars were deposited with banks outside the USA.
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deposit UK US /dɪˈpɒzɪt/ noun
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C]
BANKING »
Using the cash machine I can make a deposit at any time of the day.
have/keep/hold money on deposit »
Rather than hold money on deposit, you should pay off your debts.
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C]
COMMERCE,
PROPERTY make/pay/put down a deposit (on sth) »
Many families put down a deposit for their summer holidays as early as January.
»
a €50/$100, etc. deposit
ask for/request a deposit »
Normally someone selling a house would ask for a deposit of at least 5%.
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non-refundable deposit
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C]
PROPERTY ask for/require a deposit »
Landlords will usually require a deposit.
lose a deposit »
I once lost a deposit on a flat when I knocked something over and stained the carpet.
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See also BANK DEPOSIT(
Cf. ↑
bank deposit),
CASH RATIO DEPOSITS(
Cf. ↑
cash ratio deposits),
CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT(
Cf. ↑
certificate of deposit),
CORE DEPOSITS(
Cf. ↑
core deposits),
DEMAND DEPOSIT(
Cf. ↑
demand deposit),
DIRECT DEPOSIT(
Cf. ↑
direct deposit),
FIXED DEPOSIT(
Cf. ↑
fixed deposit),
MONEY MARKET DEPOSITS(
Cf. ↑
money market deposits),
PUBLIC DEPOSITS(
Cf. ↑
public deposits),
RETAIL DEPOSITS(
Cf. ↑
retail deposits),
SIGHT DEPOSIT(
Cf. ↑
sight deposit),
TERM DEPOSIT(
Cf. ↑
term deposit),
TIME DEPOSIT(
Cf. ↑
time deposit)
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deposit UK US /dɪˈpɒzɪt/ verb [T]
► BANKING »
deposit money/a cheque/funds
deposit sth in/into sth »
You can choose to have your salary deposited directly into your bank account.
► deposit sth with sb »
The documents have been deposited with the solicitor for safe-keeping.