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depository

[dih-poz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / dɪˈpɒz ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /


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The bank was the government’s lender, principal depository and financial agent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

According to a Korean language news report, the Korean depository reported that that applications for conversion will be possible from July 29.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

Three major investors in the technology sector will back SK Hynix’s offering of American depository receipts that is expected this week.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

Shares in SMIC’s bigger rival, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing or TSMC, are available through American depository receipts traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Some 14,700 tons of silver worth more than $300 million were procured from the depository on the understanding that every ounce would be returned after the war.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

A-M Global Logistics operates a network of distribution hubs and secure depositories, capable of moving physical bullion at scale.

From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026

By contrast, the much larger U.S. financial market operates with just two central securities depositories and eight central counterparties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

Neither Euroclear nor EU countries want to be seen as unreliable depositories of foreign wealth.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025

They are the Earth’s greatest depositories of biodiversity, where evolution continues to this day and untold thousands of species are yet to be discovered.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2022

They were the depositories of the leaven which gradually set up its working through the minds of men.

From Pastor Pastorum by Rev. Henry Latham




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