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Store vs. Deposit — What's the Difference?

Store vs. Deposit — What's the Difference?

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Store

A place where merchandise is offered for sale; a shop.

Deposit

A sum of money paid into a bank or building society account
Cash funds which are an alternative to bank or building society deposits

Store

A stock or supply reserved for future use
A squirrel's store of acorns.

Deposit

A sum payable as a first instalment on the purchase of something or as a pledge for a contract, the balance being payable later
We've saved enough for a deposit on a house

Store

Stores Supplies, especially of food, clothing, or arms.
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Deposit

A layer or mass of accumulated matter
The deposits of salt on the paintwork

Store

A place where commodities are kept; a warehouse or storehouse.

Deposit

The action of placing something in a specified place
I'd like to make a deposit
The deposit of a thesis in a library gives no guarantee of copyright protection

Store

A great quantity or number; an abundance.

Deposit

Put or set down (something or someone) in a specific place
He deposited a pile of school books on the kitchen table

Store

To reserve or put away for future use.

Deposit

Place (something) somewhere for safekeeping
A vault in which guests may deposit valuable property

Store

To fill, supply, or stock.

Deposit

To put or set down; place.

Store

To deposit or receive in a storehouse or warehouse for safekeeping.

Deposit

To lay down or leave behind by a natural process
Layers of sediment that were deposited on the ocean floor.
Glaciers that deposited their debris as they melted.

Store

(Computers) To copy (data) into memory or onto a storage device, such as a hard disk.

Deposit

To give over or entrust for safekeeping.

Store

A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
This building used to be a store for old tires.

Deposit

To put (money) in a bank or financial account.

Store

A supply held in storage.

Deposit

To give as partial payment or security.

Store

(mainly North American) A place where items may be purchased; a shop.
I need to get some milk from the grocery store.

Deposit

To become deposited; settle.

Store

Memory.
The main store of 1000 36-bit words seemed large at the time.

Deposit

Something, such as money, that is entrusted for safekeeping, as in a bank.

Store

A great quantity or number; abundance.

Deposit

The condition of being deposited
Funds on deposit with a broker.

Store

A head of store cattle (feeder cattle to be sold to others for finishing); a store cattle beast.

Deposit

A partial or initial payment of a cost or debt
Left a $100 deposit toward the purchase of a stereo system.

Store

(transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
I'll store these books in the attic.

Deposit

A sum of money given as security for an item acquired for temporary use.

Store

Contain.
The cabinets store all the food the mice would like.

Deposit

A depository.

Store

Have the capacity and capability to contain.
They sell boxes that store 24 mason jars.

Deposit

(Geology) A concentration of mineral matter or sediment in a layer, vein, or pocket
Iron ore deposits.
Rich deposits of oil and natural gas.

Store

To write (something) into memory or registers.
This operation stores the result on the stack.

Deposit

(Physiology) An accumulation of organic or inorganic material, such as a lipid or mineral, in a body tissue, structure, or fluid.

Store

That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number.
The ships are fraught with store of victuals.
With store of ladies, whose bright eyesRain influence, and give the prize.

Deposit

A sediment or precipitate that has settled out of a solution.

Store

A place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a storehouse; a warehouse; a magazine.

Deposit

A coating or crust left on a surface, as by evaporation or electrolysis.

Store

Any place where goods are sold, whether by wholesale or retail; a shop.

Deposit

(geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.

Store

Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms, ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a ship, of a family.
His swine, his horse, his stoor, and his poultry.
In his needy shop a tortoise hung,An alligator stuffed, and other skinsOf ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelvesA beggarly account of empty boxes.
Sulphurous and nitrous foam, . . . Concocted and adjusted, they reducedTo blackest grain, and into store conveyed.

Deposit

That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care of another.

Store

Accumulated; hoarded.

Deposit

(banking) Money placed in an account.

Store

To collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay away.
Dora stored what little she could save.

Deposit

Anything left behind on a surface.
A mineral deposit
A deposit of seaweed on the shore
A deposit of jam on my countertop

Store

To furnish; to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or furnish against a future time.
Her mind with thousand virtues stored.
Wise Plato said the world with men was stored.
Having stored a pond of four acres with carps, tench, and other fish.

Deposit

(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
They put down a deposit on the apartment.

Store

To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods.

Deposit

A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit

Store

A mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services;
He bought it at a shop on Cape Cod

Deposit

A place of deposit; a depository.

Store

A supply of something available for future use;
He brought back a large store of Cuban cigars

Deposit

(transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand.
The waters deposited a rich alluvium.

Store

An electronic memory device;
A memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached

Deposit

To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
To deposit goods in a warehouse

Store

A depository for goods;
Storehouses were built close to the docks

Deposit

To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.

Store

Keep or lay aside for future use;
Store grain for the winter
The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat

Deposit

(transitive) To put money or funds into an account.
I had to deposit two months' rent into my landlord's account before he gave me the keys.

Store

Find a place for and put away for storage;
Where should we stow the vegetables?
I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some

Deposit

To lay aside; to rid oneself of.

Deposit

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium.
The fear is deposited in conscience.

Deposit

To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.

Deposit

To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order.

Deposit

To lay aside; to rid one's self of.
If what is written prove useful to you, to the depositing that which I can not but deem an error.

Deposit

That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river).
The deposit already formed affording to the succeeding portion of the charged fluid a basis.

Deposit

A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation.

Deposit

That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security.

Deposit

A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.

Deposit

A place of deposit; a depository.

Deposit

The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

Deposit

Matter deposited by some natural process

Deposit

The natural process of laying down a deposit of something

Deposit

Money deposited in a bank

Deposit

A partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later

Deposit

Money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use;
His deposit was refunded when he returned the car

Deposit

A payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met

Deposit

A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

Deposit

The act of putting something somewhere

Deposit

Fix, force, or implant;
Lodge a bullet in the table

Deposit

Put into a bank account;
She deposites her paycheck every month

Deposit

Put (something somewhere) firmly;
She posited her hand on his shoulder
Deposit the suitcase on the bench
Fix your eyes on this spot

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