Deposit may refer to: *

Deposit (finance) A deposit is the act of placing cash (or cash equivalent) with some entity, most commonly with a financial institution, such as a bank. The deposit is a credit for the party (individual or organization) who placed it, and it may be taken back ( ...

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security deposit A security deposit is a sum of money held in trust either as an initial part-payment in a purchasing process (often used to prevent the seller's selling an item to someone else during an agreed period of time while the buyer verifies the suitabili ...

) * Deposit (town), New York * Deposit (village), New York *

Deposit account A deposit account is a bank account maintained by a financial institution in which a customer can deposit and withdraw money. Deposit accounts can be savings accounts, current accounts or any of several other types of accounts explained belo ...

, a bank account that allows money to be deposited and withdrawn by the account holder **

Demand deposit Demand deposits or checkbook money are funds held in demand accounts in commercial banks. These account balances are usually considered money and form the greater part of the narrowly defined money supply of a country. Simply put, these are depo ...

, the funds held in demand deposit accounts in commercial banks * Damage deposit, a sum of money paid in relation to a rented item or property to ensure it is returned in good condition * Container deposit, a deposit on a beverage container paid when purchased and refunded when returned *

Deposition (geology) Deposition is the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or landmass. Wind, ice, water, and gravity transport previously weathered surface material, which, at the loss of enough kinetic energy in the flu ...

, material added to a landform *

Election deposit In an electoral system, a deposit is the sum of money that a candidate for an elected office, such as a seat in a legislature, is required to pay to an electoral authority before they are permitted to stand for election. In the typical case, the de ...

, a sum that a candidate must pay in return for the right to stand in an election *

Precipitation (chemistry) In an aqueous solution, precipitation is the process of transforming a dissolved substance into an insoluble solid from a super-saturated solution. The solid formed is called the precipitate. In case of an inorganic chemical reaction leading ...

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ore deposit Ore is natural rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals, typically containing metals, that can be mined, treated and sold at a profit.Encyclopædia Britannica. "Ore". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 7 April ...

s, see the " ore deposits" section on Ore.

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