depositary receipt

noun

A financial instrument, issued by a bank, that may be traded as if it were a share in a foreign company.

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Meanings

noundepositary receipt (plural depositary receipts)

plural depositary receipts

  1. bankingA financial instrument, issued by a bank, that may be traded as if it were a share in a foreign company.

Translations

Arabic إِيصَال إِيدَاع m شَهَادَة إِيدَاع
  • إِيصَال إِيدَاع m شَهَادَة إِيدَاع (ʔīṣāl ʔīdāʕ)financial instrument issued by a bank that may be traded as if it were a share in a foreign company
Finnish talletustodistus
  • talletustodistusfinancial instrument issued by a bank that may be traded as if it were a share in a foreign company
French certificat de dépôt
  • certificat de dépôtfinancial instrument issued by a bank that may be traded as if it were a share in a foreign company
German Hinterlegungsschein, Aktienzertifikat
  • Hinterlegungsscheinfinancial instrument issued by a bank that may be traded as if it were a share in a foreign company
  • Aktienzertifikatfinancial instrument issued by a bank that may be traded as if it were a share in a foreign company
  • Hinterlegungszertifikatfinancial instrument issued by a bank that may be traded as if it were a share in a foreign company
Polish kwit depozytowy (polysemous), certyfikat depozytowy (polysemous)
  • kwit depozytowy (polysemous)financial instrument issued by a bank that may be traded as if it were a share in a foreign company
  • certyfikat depozytowy (polysemous)financial instrument issued by a bank that may be traded as if it were a share in a foreign company
Russian депозита́рная распи́ска
  • депозита́рная распи́ска (depozitárnaja raspíska)financial instrument issued by a bank that may be traded as if it were a share in a foreign company
Spanish certificado de depósito
  • certificado de depósitofinancial instrument issued by a bank that may be traded as if it were a share in a foreign company
Cite this entry
APA

depositary receipt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depositary%20receipt

MLA

“depositary receipt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depositary%20receipt. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depositary receipt,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depositary%20receipt.

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