depositor

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noun

A person who makes a deposit, especially a deposit of money in a bank.

OriginEnglish deposit ← Latin depositu ← Proto-Italic *pozinō →
Less commonScrabble 12
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Meanings

noundepositor (plural depositors)

plural depositors

  1. A person who makes a deposit, especially a deposit of money in a bank.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
  9. Proto-Italic*po
  10. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  12. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*tḱinéti
  14. Proto-Italic*sinō
  15. Proto-Italic*pozinō
  16. Latinpōnō
  17. Latindēpōnō
  18. Latindepositu
  19. Englishdeposit
  20. Englishdepositor

From deposit + -or.

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Translations

Bulgarian вложител, вносител
  • вложител (vložitel)person
  • вносител (vnositel)person
Chinese Mandarin 儲戶 /储户
  • 儲戶 /储户 (chǔhù)person
Finnish tallettaja
  • tallettajaperson
French dépositaire
  • dépositaireperson
Greek καταθέτης
  • καταθέτης (katathétis)person
Italian depositante
  • depositanteperson
Polish deponent
  • deponentperson
Romanian depozant, depozantă
  • depozantperson
  • depozantăperson
Swedish insättare
  • insättareperson
Cite this entry
APA

depositor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depositor

MLA

“depositor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depositor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depositor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depositor.

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