depot

  • 51depot — [18] A depot is literally a ‘place where something is deposited’, a ‘depository’. The word comes, via French dépôt, from Latin dēpositum (source of English deposit [17]), the past participle of dēpōnere ‘put down’. This was a compound verb formed …

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  • 52depot — /dee poh/; Mil. or Brit. /dep oh/, n. 1. a railroad station. 2. a bus station. 3. Mil. a. a place in which supplies and materials are stored for distribution. b. (formerly) a place where recruits are assembled for classification, initial training …

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  • 53depot — Synonyms and related words: archives, armory, arsenal, attic, bank, basement, bay, bin, bonded warehouse, bookcase, box, bunker, buttery, cargo dock, cellar, chest, closet, conservatory, crate, crib, cupboard, depository, dock, drawer, dump,… …

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  • 54Depot — (sicherer) Aufbewahrungsort für Wertgegenstände, bes. ⇡ Wertpapiere, i.d.R. bei Banken. Arten: (1) In Bezug auf die unterschiedliche Verwahrung der Wertpapiere werden folgende Depotarten unterschieden: (a) Sammeldepot (Sammelverwahrung):… …

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  • 55Depot — De|pot [de po:] das; s, s <aus gleichbed. fr. dépôt, dies aus lat. depositum, Part. Perf. (Neutrum) von deponere, vgl. ↑deponieren>: 1. a) Aufbewahrungsort für Sachen; b) Abteilung einer Bank, in der Wertsachen u. papiere verwahrt werden;… …

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  • 56depot — de|pot [ depou, dipou ] noun count * 1. ) AMERICAN a railroad station or a bus station 2. ) a large building where things can be stored until they are needed: an oil depot 3. ) BRITISH a place where buses or train engines are kept when they are… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 57depot — [ dɛpəʊ] noun 1》 a place for the storage of large quantities of a commodity. 2》 a place where buses, trains, or other vehicles are housed and maintained.     ↘N. Amer. a railway or bus station. 3》 Military a place where recruits are trained or… …

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  • 58depot — /ˈdɛpoʊ / (say depoh), US /ˈdipoʊ/ (say deepoh) noun 1. a depository; storehouse. 2. a place where buses, trams, trucks, etc., are kept when they are not in service. 3. Broken Hill a rubbish dump. 4. US a train station. {French dépôt, from Latin… …

  • 59depot — de|pot sb., et, er, erne, i sms. depot , fx depotbevis, depotrum …

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  • 60dépôt — saugykla statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. storage; store vok. Aufbewahrungsraum, m rus. хранилище, n pranc. dépôt, m; magasin; réservoir, m …

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