Deposit vs Currency - What's the difference?
deposit | currency |
Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care of another.
(banking) Money placed in an account.
Anything left behind on a surface.
(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
A place of deposit; a depository.
To lay down; to place; to put.
* Jeremy Taylor
To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
To put money or funds into an account.
To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
Paper money.
* 1943 , (William Saroyan), , chapter 3,
The state of being current; general acceptance or recognition.
(obsolete) fluency; readiness of utterance
(obsolete) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
As nouns the difference between deposit and currency
is that deposit is sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material sometimes refers to ore or gems while currency is money or other items used to facilitate transactions.As a verb deposit
is to lay down; to place; to put.deposit
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Alternative forms
* depositeNoun
(en noun)- a mineral deposit
- a deposit of seaweed on the shore
- They put a deposit on the apartment.
Derived terms
* security deposit * container-deposit * bottle deposit * can depositSee also
* refundableVerb
(en verb)- A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand.
- The waters deposited a rich alluvium.
- The fear is deposited in conscience.
- to deposit goods in a warehouse
- (Hammond)
Antonyms
* withdrawalAnagrams
* * *currency
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(wikipedia currency)Noun
- Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.
- Spangler went through his pockets, coming out with a handful of small coins, one piece of currency and a hard-boiled egg.
- The jargon’s currency .
- He takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency , and not after intrinsic value. — Francis Bacon.
- The bare name of Englishman too often gave a transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful. — W. Irving.