Meanings
- not comparableActing as the trusted recipient of a deposit.
The hospital was the depositary institution of our monies.
plural depositaries
- One who receives goods or a deposit in trust.
The United States is the depositary, or safekeeper, of NATO under the alliance’s 1949 founding treaty.
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She was also depositary of the golden chain, the produce of whose sale was to be devoted to the nurse's support.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 149Synonyms: trustee
- A place where deposits are kept
Synonyms: depository
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who receives goods or a deposit in trust.
nounA place where deposits are kept
More synonyms by meaning
nouna facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latindēpositārius
- Late Latindēpositārius
- Englishdepositary
Borrowed from Late Latin dēpositārius.
More words from Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech depozitář
- depozitářone who receives a deposit
French dépositaire
- dépositaireone who receives a deposit
Latin sequester, dēpositārius
- sequesterone who receives a deposit
- dēpositāriusone who receives a deposit
Polish depozytariusz
- depozytariuszone who receives a deposit
Slovak depozitár
- depozitárone who receives a deposit
Cite this entry
depositary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depositary
“depositary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depositary. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depositary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depositary.
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