depositary
adj/dɪˈpɒzɪtɹi/UK/dɪˈpɑzɪtɛɹi/US
Etymology
From Late Latin dēpositārius.
- borrowed from dēpositārius
Definitions
Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit.
- The hospital was the depositary institution of our monies.
One who receives goods or a deposit in trust.
- She was also depositary of the golden chain, the produce of whose sale was to be devoted to the nurse's support.
- The United States is the depositary, or safekeeper, of NATO under the alliance’s 1949 founding treaty.
A place where deposits are kept
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA