depositary

adj
/dɪˈpɒzɪtɹi/UK/dɪˈpɑzɪtɛɹi/US

Etymology

From Late Latin dēpositārius.

  1. borrowed from dēpositārius

Definitions

  1. Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit.

    • The hospital was the depositary institution of our monies.
  2. 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.
  3. A place where deposits are kept

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA