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English Dictionary: Depository by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
depository
n
  1. a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
    Synonym(s): depository, deposit, depositary, repository
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Depository \De*pos"i*to*ry\ (-t[osl]*r[ycr]), n.; pl.
      {Depositories} (-r[icr]z).
      1. A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping;
            as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office
            is a depository for records.
  
      2. One with whom something is deposited; a depositary.
  
                     I am the sole depository of my own secret, and it
                     shall perish with me.                        --Junius.
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