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entrust, leave, lodge, consign, keep, place, put; store, save,
set aside, bank, lay or put away, Brit pay in, Colloq stash
away: Each morning she deposits the children at the day nursery
and goes to work. He deposits money every week in a pension
fund.
--n. 3 down payment, part or partial payment, advance payment:
A small deposit will hold your purchase until you are ready to
pay for it in full. 4 precipitate, sediment, silt, alluvium,
dregs, lees, accumulation, deposition: There is a dark deposit
at the bottom of the coffee-pot.
depreciate
v. 1 devalue, devaluate, decrease, diminish, lessen, reduce,
lower, depress, cheapen, mark down: The abundant harvest has
depreciated the price of commodities. 2 disparage, diminish,
deride, decry, underrate, undervalue, underestimate, minimize,
belittle, slight, derogate, deprecate, discredit, denigrate, run
down, vilipend, Colloq play down, US talk down: When he
depreciates another's work he adds nothing to the value of his
own.
depredation
n. plunder, plundering, pillage, pillaging, despoliation,
despoiling, ravaging, sacking, laying waste, devastation,
destruction; ransacking, robbery, looting; ravages: The
depredation caused by ten years of war is unimaginable.
depress v. 1 deject, dispirit, oppress, sadden, grieve, cast down,
dishearten, discourage, dampen, cast a gloom or pall over,
burden, weigh down: He's very depressed right now because he
failed to get a promotion. 2 weaken, dull, debilitate,
enervate, sap; depreciate, cheapen, devalue, devaluate;
diminish, lower, bring down, reduce: The news about a new oil
field depressed the market today. 3 press (down), push (down)
(on), lower: If the pressure gets too high, just depress this
lever.
depression
n. 1 indentation, dent, dimple, impression, pit, hollow,
recess, cavity, concavity, dip: When the box fell, its corner
left a small depression in the top of the metal cabinet. 2
dejection, despair, gloom, downheartedness, sadness, melancholy,