Definition of "depository" []

• A place where something is deposited, as for storage or safekeeping; a repository. (noun)
• A trustee; a depositary. (noun)

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• "Usually it turns out the that the book depository is cheapest, but not always."
• "Friday to avoid releasing them when U.S. markets, which offer trading in American depository receipts of European banks, are still open."
• "But Bagram has evolved into a quasi-Guantanamo, acting as a longer-term depository for holding detainees, so the distinction is less and less compelling."