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say it: duh-PAH-zit
deposit is a noun and verb meaning "the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating". It carries 12 recorded senses.
the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
“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
the act of putting something somewhere
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for deposit come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.