different between lees vs deposit

English

Etymology 1

Old French lies, from Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligy?, *legy? (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legy? (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg?- (“to lie”).

Noun

lees pl (plural only)

1. The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.

Synonyms

• (sediment): dregs

Related terms

• lie

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

lees

1. plural of lee

Anagrams

• EELS, ELEs, Else, Slee, eels, else, lese, seel, sele

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lezen, from Middle Dutch l?sen (“to collect, gather, read”), from Old Dutch lesan (“to gather, read”), from Proto-Germanic *lesan? (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??s/

Verb

lees (present lees, present participle lesende, past participle gelees)

1. to read

Related terms

• leser

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s

Verb

lees

1. first-person singular present indicative of lezen
2. imperative of lezen

Anagrams

• slee

Luxembourgish

Verb

lees

1. second-person singular present indicative of leeën

North Frisian

Etymology

In sense 1 from Old Frisian lesa.

Verb

lees

1. (Föhr-Amrum Dialect) to read
2. (Föhr-Amrum Dialect) to load

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

lees

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of leer.

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