Repository vs. Depositary — What's the Difference?

A place where things may be put for safekeeping.

In international law, a depositary is a government or organization to which a multilateral treaty is entrusted. The principal functions of a depositary are codified in Article 77 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.

A warehouse.

A person to whom something is lodged in trust

A museum.

(of a share or receipt) representing a share in a foreign company. The depositary share or receipt is traded on the stock exchange of the investor's country rather than the actual share, which is deposited in a foreign bank.

A burial vault; a tomb.

One entrusted with something for preservation or safekeeping.

One that contains or is a store of something specified

A depository.

One who is entrusted with secrets or confidential information.

Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit.

A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.

One who receives goods or a deposit in trust.

(computing) a storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system.

A place where deposits are kept

A burial vault.

One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; - the correlative of depositor.

(figurative) A person to whom a secret is entrusted.

A storehouse; a depository.

(dated) A place where things are kept for sale; a shop.

One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense.

A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository.

A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

A person to whom a secret is entrusted

A burial vault (usually for some famous person)