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Deposit (medicine) and saga (oh)


Deposit (medicine)


deposit


1. That is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc, deposits of a river). "The deposit already formed affording to the succeeding portion of the charged fluid a basis." (Kirwan)

2. <chemical> A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation.

3. That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; somthing intrusted to the care of another; especially, money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or Security.

4. A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor. Money lodged with a party as earnest or Security for the performance of a duty assumed by the person depositing.

5. A place of deposit; a depository. Bank of deposit. See Bank. In deposit, or On deposit, in trust or safe keeping as a deposit; as, coins were recieved on deposit.

Origin: L. Depositum, fr. Depositus, p. P. Of deponere: cf. F. Depot, OF. Depost. See Deposit, and cf. Depot.

Source: Websters Dictionary


saga (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Old Norse]
a long and complicated series of events, or a description of this
::The whole saga began back in May.
saga of
::She launched into the saga of her on-off engagement.
a long story about events that happen over many years
saga of
::a saga of four generations of the Coleman family
one of the stories written about the Vikings of Norway and Iceland