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depositary

[dih-poz-i-ter-ee] / dɪˈpɒz ɪˌtɛr i /
NOUN
fiduciary
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In July, SK Hynix raised $26.51 billion through a U.S. listing of American depositary receipts that was the largest share sale ever by a non-U.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Merck said Monday that it is offering $20 in cash for each American depositary share for Nasdaq-listed Silence Therapeutics, more than double the target’s closing price as of Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

All have American depositary receipts traded on U.S. exchanges, meaning you can buy the stocks easily through your brokerage account, and can even own them in a tax-sheltered account such as an IRA.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

Alibaba’s New York Stock Exchange-listed depositary receipts are indicating virtually unchanged from Monday’s close at $118.64 in pre-market trading Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Here and there we met, often strangely and by accident, and I became now the depositary of his heart's dearest secrets, now the reluctant adviser, and now the bold and earnest remonstrant.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various

But life can progress only by means of the living, which are its depositaries.

From Creative Evolution by Arthur Mitchell

It was not known who were the rightful depositaries of power during the interregnum, nor who were possessed of a voice in the election of king.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

To define it in spite of this would be to act as judges and masters of faith, not as its depositaries and witnesses.

From Letters From Rome on the Council by Johann Joseph Ignaz von D?llinger

Hence, the Priests were required to be intimately acquainted with the Sacred Scripture, because they were the depositaries of God's law, and were its expounders to the people.

From The Faith of Our Fathers by James Gibbons

These last claimed to be the165 exclusive depositaries of religious knowledge and divine wisdom; they administered justice and monopolised benefices.

From Mystics and Saints of Islam by Claud Field


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