What is the meaning of deposit?

noun

• The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating.
  • synonyms: sedimentation, alluviation
• Matter that has been deposited by some natural process.
  • synonyms: sediment
• The natural process of laying down a deposit of something.
  • synonyms: deposition
• Money deposited in a bank or some similar institution.
  • synonyms: bank deposit
• A partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later.
  • synonyms: down payment
• Money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use.
  • usage: "his deposit was refunded when he returned the car"
• A payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met.
• A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping.
  • synonyms: depository, depositary, repository
• The act of putting something somewhere.
  • synonyms: deposition

verb

• Put, fix, force, or implant.
  • usage: "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack"
  • synonyms: lodge, wedge, stick
• Put into a bank account.
  • usage: "She deposits her paycheck every month"
  • synonyms: bank
• Put (something somewhere) firmly.
  • usage: "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
  • synonyms: situate, fix, posit