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Upfront vs Deposit - What's the difference?

upfront | deposit |

As nouns the difference between upfront and deposit

is that upfront is (television) a meeting of network executives with the press and major advertisers, signaling the start of advertising sales for a new season while 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.

As verbs the difference between upfront and deposit

is that upfront is to bring to the fore; to place up front for consideration while deposit is to lay down; to place; to put.

As an adjective upfront

is honest, frank and straightforward.

As an adverb upfront

is beforehand.

upfront

English

Alternative forms

* up-front

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • honest, frank and straightforward
  • In a forward, leading or frontward position.
  • (of money) paid in advance

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • beforehand
  • (football) As an attacker
    • He's a poor defender, so we always play him upfront .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (television) A meeting of network executives with the press and major advertisers, signaling the start of advertising sales for a new season
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 17, author=Bill Carter, title=As the Networks Order New Shows, Fox Moves to Consolidate Its Gains, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Virginia Heffernan, Times TV critic, reports from this week's TV upfronts , where the networks debut their new schedules. }}

    See also

    * (wikipedia "upfront")

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bring to the fore; to place up front for consideration
  • * {{quote-book, 1997, Christopher Hall et al., Silence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, chapter=Silent and silenced voices, isbn=3110154595, editor=Adam Jaworski, page=204, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=OM4ueFfoRfcC&pg=PA204
    • , passage=What our analysis has, hopefully, upfronted is the importance to resuscitate the suppressed and silenced voices so as to show the powerful mechanisms of institutional "cases".}}

    deposit

    English

    Alternative forms

    * deposite

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
    • a mineral deposit
    a deposit of seaweed on the shore
  • (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
    • They put a deposit on the apartment.
  • 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.

    • Derived terms

    * security deposit * container-deposit * bottle deposit * can deposit

    Related terms

    * depositary * depository

    See also

    * refundable

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lay down; to place; to put.
    • A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand.
    The waters deposited a rich alluvium.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • The fear is deposited in conscience.
  • To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
    • to deposit goods in a warehouse
  • 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.
    • (Hammond)

    Antonyms

    * withdrawal

    Anagrams

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