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depositary

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de·pos·i·tar·y  (d-pz-tr)
n. pl. de·pos·i·tar·ies
1. One entrusted with something for preservation or safekeeping.
2. A depository.

depositary [dɪˈpɒzɪtərɪ -trɪ]
n pl -taries
1. a person or group to whom something is entrusted for safety or preservation
2. (Business / Commerce) a variant spelling of depository [1]
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Noun1.depositarydepositary - a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
archive - a depository containing historical records and documents
bank building, bank - a building in which the business of banking transacted; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"
drop - a central depository where things can be left or picked up
facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility"
depository library, library - a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study
lost-and-found - repository in a public building where lost articles can be kept until their owners reclaim them
museum - a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
repertory - a storehouse where a stock of things is kept
sperm bank - a depository for storing sperm
storage space - the area in any structure that provides space for storage
storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store - a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"
treasury - a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely
Translations
depositary [dɪˈpɒzɪtərɪ] N
1. (= person) → depositario/a m/f
depositary
nTreuhänder(in) m(f)


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A government, the constitution of which renders it unfit to be trusted with all the powers which a free people ought to delegate to any government, would be an unsafe and improper depositary of the NATIONAL INTERESTS.
It is not a great deal larger than Germany, where a diet representing the whole empire is continually assembled; or than Poland before the late dismemberment, where another national diet was the depositary of the supreme power.
He was so entirely ignorant of the existence of the million at Newcastle, that but for a gentleman -- one of your majesty's subjects -- the moral depositary of the million, who revealed the secret to King Charles II.
 
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