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Definition of Depositary
1. Noun. A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping.
Specialized synonyms: Archive, Bank, Bank Building, Drop, Depository Library, Library, Lost-and-found, Museum, Repertory, Sperm Bank, Depot, Entrepot, Storage, Store, Storehouse, Treasury
Generic synonyms: Facility, Installation
Terms within: Storage Space
Definition of Depositary
1. n. One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor.
Definition of Depositary
1. Adjective. Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit ¹
2. Noun. One who receives a deposit in trust ¹
3. Noun. A place where deposits are kept ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Depositary
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Depositary
Literary usage of Depositary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"He produced the assignment duly executed by the original owners, directing the
depositary to pay the amount to the assignees when collected at the proper ..."
2. Commentaries on the Law of Bailments: With Illustrations from the Civil and by Joseph Story, James Schouler (1878)
"Whether depositary has a Special Property in the Deposit, or may maintain an
Action for ... Obligation of depositary. 97. In what state to be restored. ..."
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