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deposit

verb · /dəˈpɑzɪt/ · Level 2 · Intermediate

What does deposit mean?

deposit (verb): put into a bank account.

Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.

How do you use deposit in a sentence?

How do you pronounce deposit?

/dəˈpɑzɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.

Where does deposit come from?

Learned borrowing from Latin depositus, past participle of depono (“put down”).

Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What are antonyms of deposit?

Words related to deposit

From Princeton WordNet 3.1.

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What does “deposit” mean?

put into a bank account

Right! That's what “deposit” means.

to contact by telephone

Not quite: that's what call means.

to bring into existence

Not quite: that's what create means.

give trouble or pain to

Not quite: that's what hurt means.

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