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Word: Depositary
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: from late Latin depositarius, from the verb deponere (see deposit)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈpɒzɪt(ə)ri
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person to whom something is lodged in trust
Short Definition:person to whom something is lodged in trust
Examples:- in the seventeenth century, goldsmiths acted as depositaries for the gold of the rich
Variant Forms:
- depository
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