depository

depository
de·pos·i·to·ry /di-'pä-zə-ˌtōr-ē/ n pl -ries
1: a place where something is deposited esp. for safekeeping
night depository; specif: a bank chosen for the depositing of government funds

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

depository
I noun apotheca, archives, bunker, cache, catchall, coffer, collection, container, depot, hold, holder, magazine, place for safe keeping, place of deposit, receptacle, receptaculum, repertory, repository, reservoir, safe, safe-deposit box, storage, store, storehouse, vault, warehouse associated concepts: depository box, legal depository, reservoir II index arsenal, bank, cache (storage place), catchall, coffer, repository, reserve, store (depository), treasury

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


depository
The place where a deposit is placed and kept, e.g., a bank, savings and loan institution, credit union, or trust company. A place where something is deposited or stored as for safekeeping or convenience, e.g., a safety deposit box.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


depository
The place where a deposit is placed and kept, e.g., a bank, savings and loan institution, credit union, or trust company. A place where something is deposited or stored as for safekeeping or convenience, e.g., a safety deposit box.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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