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Depository
Pronunciation : De*pos"i*to*ry
Part of Speech : n.;
Definition : 1. A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.
2. One with whom something is deposited; a depositary. I am the sole depository of my own secret, and it shall perish with me. Junius.
pl. Depositories (.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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