Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The person with whom a thing is deposited, as for safe-keeping, or as security, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The person with whom something is
deposited - noun The lowest of the three population classes created by Pot Pol and the Khmer Rouge party in Kambodia after their revolution in the 1970's. These people were 'deposited' in the villages, after being removed from the cities.
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Examples
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So long ago as 1848 it was decided by the House of Lords in _Foley_ v. _Hill_, 2 H. of L. 28, that the real relation between banker and customer was that of debtor and creditor, not in any sense that of trustee and _cestui que trust_, or depositee and depositor, as had been formerly supposed and contended.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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One day he appeared before Mr. Trench bearing his gold, and requesting him to be his depositee, expressing the comfort it would afford him.
Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) John Gay 1708
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