1
- a sum of money placed or kept in a bank or building society account, usually to gain interest存款。
2
- a sum payable as a first instalment on the purchase of something or as a pledge for a contract, the balance being payable later保证金, 定金：
we've saved enough for a deposit on a house.
我们已经存够了钱来支付买房子的定金。
2.1
- a returnable sum payable on the hire or rental of something, to cover any possible loss or damage押金。
2.2
- (in the UK) a sum of money lodged by an election candidate and forfeited if they fail to receive a certain proportion of the votes（英国）竞选押金（指由议会选举候选人支付的一笔钱款, 如候选人不能得到一定比例的选票, 此款不予归还）。
3
- a layer or body of accumulated matter沉积物, 沉淀：
the deposits of salt on the paintwork.
油漆涂层表面沉积的盐分。
3.1
- a natural layer of sand, rock, coal, or other material（沙、岩石、煤等的）天然沉积层。
4
- the action of placing something in a specified place放置。
verb
deposited, depositing
1
- with obj. and usu. with adverbial of place put or set down (something or someone) in a specific place, typically unceremoniously（尤指随便地）放置, 安置：
he deposited a pile of school books on the kitchen table.
他把一堆课本随便放在了厨房餐桌上。
1.1
- （一般作be deposited）(of water, the wind, or other natural agency) lay down (matter) gradually as a layer or covering（水、风或其他自然力）使（物质）沉积：
beds where salt is deposited by the tide.
因潮汐的作用而有盐分沉积的浅海海床。
1.2
- lay (an egg)下（蛋）：
the female deposits a line of eggs.
雌鸟下了一排蛋。
2
- with obj. store or entrust with someone for safe keeping把…委托他人保存。
2.1
- pay (a sum of money) into a bank or building society account在银行（或建房互助会中）存（钱）：
the money is deposited with a bank.
钱存入一家银行。
2.2
- pay (a sum) as a first instalment or as a pledge for a contract付（一定金额）作为首期分期付款（或定金、押金）：
I had to deposit 10% of the price of the house.
我必须先付房价的10%作为定金。
短语
on deposit
- (of money) placed in a deposit account（钱款）存着的。
词源
late 16th cent. （especially in the phrases in deposit or on deposit）： from Latin depositum (noun)， medieval Latin depositare (verb)， both from Latin deposit- 'laid aside'， from the verb deponere.