Definitions for: Depository


[n] a facility where things can be deposited for safekeeping



Webster (1913) Definition: De*pos"i*to*ry (-t[-o]*r[y^]), n.; pl.
Depositories (-r[i^]z).
1. A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping;
as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office
is a depository for records.

2. One with whom something is deposited; a depositary.

I am the sole depository of my own secret, and it
shall perish with me. --Junius.

Synonyms: deposit, repository

See Also: archive, archives, bank, bank building, depository library, depot, drop, entrepot, facility, installation, library, lost-and-found, museum, repertory, sperm bank, storage, storage space, store, storehouse, treasury

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