Depositary

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  • noun. One entrusted with something for preservation or safekeeping.
  • noun. A depository.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of deposit; receiving deposits: said of banks.
  • noun. A person with whom anything is left or lodged in trust; one to whom a thing is committed for safekeeping, or to be used for the benefit of the owner; a trustee; a guardian. Also depository.
  • noun. In law, a bailee of personal property, to be kept by him for the bailor without recompense.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor.
  • noun. A storehouse; a depository.
  • noun. One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit
  • noun. One who receives a deposit in trust
  • noun. A place where deposits are kept
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
  • Word Usage
    "The Singapore Exchange also started trading in American depositary receipts of 19 major Asian companies in October."
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    accountant  auditor  bailee  bank  banker