deposit: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 10 letter points · starts with D · ends with T
Meaning of deposit
noun
Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
Bailment of personal property to be kept gratuitously for the bailor (depositor) and without any benefit to the bailee (depositary), e.g. for storage, carriage, repair, etc.
Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
Example: make a deposit (put money in an account)
Anything left behind on a surface.
Example: a mineral deposit
Listed forms: deposits, deposite.
Source: Wiktionary — deposit.
verb
- transitive
To lay down; to place; to put.
Example: A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand.
To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
Example: to deposit goods in a warehouse
To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
- transitive
To put money or funds into an account.
Example: I had to deposit two months' rent into my landlord's account before he gave me the keys.
Listed forms: deposits, depositing, deposited, deposite.
Source: Wiktionary — deposit.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for deposit.
noun
the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
- sedimentation
- alluviation
noun
matter that has been deposited by some natural process
noun
the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
noun
money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
- bank deposit
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is deposit in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of deposit
D(2) + E(1) + P(3) + O(1) + S(1) + I(1) + T(1) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of deposit
4 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from deposit
147 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in deposit. Showing up to 24, longest first.