depository
/dɪˈpɒzɪtri/ (bre, ipa) · /dɪˈpɑːzɪtɔːri/ (ame, ipa) · /di-ˈpä-zə-ˌtȯr-ē/ (ame, mw)
depository — noun
- depositorysingular
- depositoriesplural
1. a building, room, or institution officially used to keep valuable things, record
a building, room, or institution officially used to keep valuable things, records, or other items safe until they are needed again
The museum moved the ancient coins to a secure depository before the storm arrived.
secure depository for valuable objects
The bank became the depository for the will after Beatriz signed the papers.
pattern: depository for + legal document
After the flood, city workers used the school gym as a temporary depository.
The seized jewelry stayed in a guarded depository while the owners argued in court.
Minho delivered the sealed boxes to a government depository outside the capital.
- repository
broader and often less tied to formal safekeeping; it can also refer to digital systems or sources of information
- vault
stresses strong physical security, especially for money, jewelry, or confidential files
- archive
more specific to records, papers, and historical materials kept for reference
- storehouse
more concrete and everyday, often for goods or supplies rather than legal or financial property
文法句型
a depository for + valuable items or documents
serve as a depository for + records or property
place something in a depository
用法筆記
Usually appears in formal legal, financial, museum, or government contexts where an institution is trusted to hold money, records, art, or other valuable property. Common patterns are depository for + item and in a depository.