different between deposit vs prospector

English

Alternative forms

• deposite (17th-19th centuries)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin depositus, past participle of depono (“put down”). Doublet of depot.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??p?z?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??p?z?t/
• Rhymes: -?z?t

Noun

deposit (plural deposits)

1. Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
2. That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care of another.
3. (banking) Money placed in an account.
4. Anything left behind on a surface.

5. (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.

6. 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
7. A place of deposit; a depository.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• refundable

Verb

deposit (third-person singular simple present deposits, present participle depositing, simple past and past participle deposited)

1. (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
   • 1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience

     This fear is deposited in conscience.

2. To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.

3. To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
5. (transitive) To put money or funds into an account.

6. To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
   • 1654, Henry Hammond, Of Schism: or a Defence of the Church of England

     reform and deposit his error

Antonyms

• withdrawal

Translations

Anagrams

• dopiest, podites, posited, side pot, sopited, toe-dips, topside

English

Etymology

prospect +? -or

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???sp?kt?/
  • Rhymes: -?kt?(?)
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??s?p?kt?/
• Hyphenation: pros?pec?tor

Noun

prospector (plural prospectors)

1. A person who explores or prospects an area in search of mineral deposits, such as gold.

Translations

Latin

Verb

pr?spector

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of pr?spect?

References

• prospector in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prospector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• prospector in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanian

Etymology

From French prospecteur.

Noun

prospector m (plural prospectori)

1. prospector

Declension

Spanish

Noun

prospector m (plural prospectores, feminine prospectora, feminine plural prospectoras)

1. prospector