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deposition — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deposit noun A sum of money paid into a bank account, or an initial partial payment made to secure a purchase.
  • deposition noun The formal removal of someone from a position of power or office.
  • escrow noun Money or property held by a neutral third party until agreed conditions are met.

Senses

deposition is used for these senses in English:

  • deposit (banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
  • deposit A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
  • deposition (physics) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)

deposit — full definition

  1. noun A sum of money paid into a bank account, or an initial partial payment made to secure a purchase.
  2. noun A layer of material, such as minerals or sediment, that has built up naturally in a particular place.
  3. verb To put money into a bank account, or to leave something in a particular place.

deposition — full definition

  1. noun The formal removal of someone from a position of power or office.
  2. noun A formal, sworn statement of testimony given outside a courtroom, usually during legal proceedings.
  3. noun The natural process by which material such as sediment, snow, or frost settles or builds up somewhere.

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