*de·pos·it¹/dɪ`pɑzɪt; dɪˈpɒzɪt/ n [C] 1 a part of the price of a house, car etc that you pay first so that it will not be sold to anyone else 订金，定金: We put down a deposit on the house yesterday. 昨天我们给这幢房子付下定金了。 2 an amount of money that is paid into someone's bank account 储蓄，存款: I'd like to make a deposit please. 请给我办理一下存款手续。 3 an amount or layer of a substance in a particular place 矿藏，矿床: huge deposits of gold 丰富的金矿