| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | down payment; money saved |
| Synonyms: | drop, installment, money in the bank, partial payment, pledge, retainer, security, stake, warranty |
| Antonyms: | debit, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | deposit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | locate, put in place for safekeeping |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, bank, collect, commit, deliver, ditch, drop, entrust, garner, give in trust, hoard, install, invest, keep, lay, lay away, park, place, plant*, plop, plunk down, plunk, precipitate, put aside, put by, repose, rest, salt away, save, settle, sit down, sock away, squirrel away, stash, stock up, store, stow, transfer, treasure |
| Antonyms: | take away, take out |
| Main Entry: | dregs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sediment |
| Synonyms: | deposits, dirt, draff, lees, residue, settlings, slag, waste |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money given beforehand |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, allowance, bite*, credit, deposit, down payment, floater, front money, hike, increase, loan, prepayment, retainer, rise*, score, stake, take*, touch* |
| Notes: | advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal |
| Main Entry: | bank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | collect money or advantage |
| Synonyms: | amass, deposit, heap, hill, hoard, invest, lay aside, lay away, mass, mound, pile, put by, salt away, save, sock away, speculate, squirrel, stash |
| Antonyms: | disburse, spend |
| Main Entry: | bury |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lay to rest after death |
| Synonyms: | consign to grave, cover up, deposit, embalm, ensepulcher, enshrine, entomb, hold last rites for, hold services for, inearth, inhume, inter, inurn, lay out, mummify, plant*, put away, put six feet under, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb |
| Notes: | a berry is a small, juicy fruit; bury is to place in the ground |
| Antonyms: | dig out, disinter, uncover |
| Main Entry: | cast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emit, give |
| Synonyms: | aim, bestow, deposit, diffuse, direct, distribute, point, radiate, scatter, shed, spatter, spray, spread, sprinkle, strew, train |
| Antonyms: | receive, take |
| Main Entry: | commit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deliver, entrust |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, apportion, authorize, charge, commend, commission, confer trust, confide, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, depend upon, deposit, depute, deputize, destine, dispatch, employ, empower, engage, give, give to do, grant authority, hand over, hold, ice, imprison, institutionalize, intrust, invest, leave to, make responsible for, move, offer, ordain, promise, put away, put in the hands of, relegate, rely upon, remove, send, shift, submit, transfer, turn over to, vest |
| Antonyms: | keep, keep from |
| Main Entry: | detritus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debris |
| Synonyms: | deposit, fragments, grains, leavings, rubble, scree, sediment, shavings |
| Notes: | detritus originally meant 'wearing away by rubbing' - the action, not the product; now detritus is rubble or debris and detrition is erosion by friction |