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depository

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++de·pos·i·to·ry /dɪˈpɒzətəri $ dɪˈpɑːzətɔːri/ noun (plural depositories) [countable]  KEEP/STOREa place where something can be safely kept 存放处;贮藏室,仓库depository adjective
Examples from the Corpus
depositoryThe research will be based on archival sources and newspaper and government reports held in depositories in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London.Plans are also afoot to transform the disused salt mines of Saxony and Thuringia into depositories for toxic waste.The poem is not the depository for the feelings and reactions of the poet trying to share secrets with the reader.
From Longman Business Dictionarydepositoryde‧pos‧i‧to‧ry /dɪˈpɒzətəridɪˈpɑːzətɔːri/ noun (plural depositories) [countable]1ORGANIZATIONSFINANCEan organization where the formal documents showing who owns shares, bonds, etc can be kept safelyThe bank will serve as a depository for the shares during the takeover battle2a place where goods can be kept safelythe Dallas book depository night depository3LAW statements and EVIDENCE prepared for use in a court caseThe case depository — nearly 20,000 pages of evidence — was to be stored at Mr Petrone’s law offices.
de·pos·i·to·ry nounChineseSyllable
place kept something safely where Business be a Corpus can


depository
depository /dɪˈpɒzətəri, dɪˈpɒzɪtəri $ dɪˈpɑːzətɔːri/ noun (plural depositories) [countable]
a place where something can be safely kept
—depository adjective


de·posi·toryBrE /dɪˈpɒzɪtri/ 🔊NAmE /dɪˈpɑːzətɔːri/ 🔊 noun (
plural
de·posi·tories
)
a place where things can be stored 贮藏室;存放处;仓库