Meanings
noundeposit contract (plural deposit contracts)
plural deposit contracts
- bankingA contractual agreement governing the handling of deposited assets, for example in a bank.
Diamond and Dybvig show that a bank offering an ordinary deposit contract can provide allocations superior to those of simple exchange markets.
1986, David C. Webb, “Comment”, in Recent Developments in Corporate Finance, →ISBN, page 178Synonyms: deposit agreement
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA contractual agreement governing the handling of deposited assets, for example in a bank.
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