depositary

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
16
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/dɪˈpɒzɪtɹi/(UK)
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/dɪˈpɒzɪtɹi/(UK) · /dɪˈpɑzɪtɛɹi/(US)

Definition of depositary

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit.
    “The hospital was the depositary institution of our monies.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit.
    “The hospital was the depositary institution of our monies.”

noun

  1. One who receives goods or a deposit in trust.
    “She was also depositary of the golden chain, the produce of whose sale was to be devoted to the nurse's support.”
    “The United States is the depositary, or safekeeper, of NATO under the alliance’s 1949 founding treaty.”
  2. A place where deposits are kept

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Etymology

From Late Latin dēpositārius.

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