A deposit is a sum of money which is part of the full price of something, and which you pay when you agree to buy it.

A deposit is a sum of money which you pay when you start renting something. The money is returned to you if you do not damage what you have rented.

A deposit is a sum of money which is in a bank account or savings account, especially a sum which will be left there for some time.

A deposit is a sum of money which you have to pay if you want to be a candidate in a parliamentary or European election. The money is returned to you if you receive more than a certain percentage of the votes.

A deposit is an amount of a substance that has been left somewhere as a result of a chemical or geological process.

To deposit someone or something somewhere means to put them or leave them there.

If you deposit something somewhere, you put it where it will be safe until it is needed again.

If you deposit a sum of money, you pay it into a bank account or savings account.

If a substance is deposited somewhere, it is left there as a result of a chemical or geological process.