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depositary

[dih-poz-i-ter-ee] / dɪˈpɒz ɪˌtɛr i /
NOUN
fiduciary
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SK Hynix’s American depositary receipts were off 9% after the company’s Korea-listed shares lost 14% in overseas trading.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

The company, a key supplier to AI chip giant Nvidia, said it had sold 177.9 million American depositary shares for $149 each.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Another reason that may serve to contract the premium would be the possible U.S. listing of a depositary receipt for Samsung Electronics, Korea’s largest stock and a direct competitor for SK Hynix in many areas.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Just one trading session after a highly successful U.S. listing for its depositary receipts, local shares in South Korean chip maker SK Hynix plummeted 15% on the domestic exchange in Seoul.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Byron died; and the depositary of his Memoirs was immediately plunged into a most embarrassing situation.

From Thomas Moore by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

Mr. Spence is directed to confer with Messrs. Fraser, Trenholm & Co. who had previously been made our depositaries at Liverpool....

From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton

The following, says Mr. Forster, are some of the benefits resulting from the reform of the Ecclesiastical Courts:— That reform has reduced the depositaries for wills in this country from nearly 400 to 40.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

It should be evident that the division and distribution of governmental powers among different depositaries will not alone prevent encroachments by the governing power upon the liberty of the subject.

From Concerning Justice by Emery, Lucilius A.

The Areois enjoyed great privileges, and were considered as depositaries of knowledge and as mediators between God and man.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

It is this character of witnesses which distinguishes the Apostles from all other depositaries of a Master's cause.

From Pastor Pastorum by Latham, Rev. Henry




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