dep

plural deps

1. abbreviationclippingcountableuncountableClipping of department.

plural deps · alternative dep. · alternative dép · alternative dép.

1. abbreviationclippingcountableuncountableClipping of deposit.
2. abbreviationclippingcountableuncountableClipping of departure.
3. countableinformaluncountablelawA deposition.

   Don't worry too much if they don’t give us everything we need in their rog answers; we'll fill the gaps in dep.

4. countableinformaluncountableA deputy.

   [A]s soon as the door opened we could see it was the deputy governor coming through. […] We watched as the dep crossed the football field towards us.

   1999, Alex Alexandrowicz, David Wilson, The Longest Injustice: The Strange Story of Alex Alexandrowicz

5. CanadaQuebeccountableinformaluncountableA dépanneur.
6. countableinformaluncountablecomputingA dependency.

present singular third person deps · participle present depping · participle past depped · past depped · alternative dep. · alternative dép · alternative dép.

1. informalTo deputize.

   Regularly with Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band for almost a year in the late 1990s and later deputized in the band, including a tour of Denmark (2003), also depped in Chris Barber's Band for Swedish tour (2001).

   2004, John Chilton, Who's Who of British Jazz: 2nd Edition, page 212

alternative dep. · alternative dép · alternative dép.

1. depart or departs
2. deposed

plural DEPs

1. USabbreviationcountableinitialismgovernmentInitialism of delayed entry program.

   A DEP allows a recruit to complete education before joining the military.

2. abbreviationinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of data execution prevention.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Department of Environmental protection.