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deposit

[dih-poz-it] / dɪˈpɒz ɪt /




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If you are concerned about constantly transferring money from the United States and paying foreign transaction and/or ATM fees, international direct deposit could be more convenient.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The SSA also offers international direct deposit into financial institutions in many countries.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Fillol pays 350 euros a month for a room barely big enough for a bed and a computer desk, allowing her to save towards a deposit on her own home.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The state recently started requiring large customers to pay a $50,000-a-megawatt deposit for complex engineering studies to assess the project’s impact on the grid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

“NYU wants the deposit in a few weeks. There’s no way they’ll let me go. But I have to go. So many amazing directors have gone there. I mean, James Franco teaches there.”

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

Since 2017, Tesla has collected numerous deposits of $50,000 from customers who wanted to reserve their Roadster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Those deposits helped raise cash when Tesla desperately needed it and fueled investors’ dreams of what the company would become.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

The exact total depends on the timing of your deposits, compounding, taxes and fees.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

To the researchers' surprise, the modified mice developed abnormal protein deposits throughout their brains.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

New Ireland, however, has no natural deposits of obsidian.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

But these sites also come with dangers, as demonstrated by the massive Moss Landing battery fire in January 2025, which prompted the evacuation of about 1,500 residents and deposited heavy metals in a nearby estuary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

We would like to have our Social Security benefits deposited directly onto a federal government Direct Express card, but we can only register for one through a Social Security Administration employee.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

The council issued the funds and they were sent directly to Zadrozny, who deposited them in the account, before withdrawing them in cash in March.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Many volatile chemicals responsible for urine odor begin changing quickly once urine is deposited.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

As John McPhee notes, it may be buried under glacially deposited soil, like the Manson crater in Iowa, or under the Great Lakes.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Since the prehistoric era, humans have recognized the ritual power of wetlands, some by depositing votive offerings into bogs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Sources also allege that individuals outside the prison are depositing thousands of dollars into the commissary accounts of those performing services for the “Bad Boy for Life” rapper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

The investigations in Coedpoeth come as another field on the edge of the nearby village of Minera has seen dozens of lorries depositing materials, which one local councillor described as "reeking of diesel".

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

But this depends entirely on the brokerage’s policy for depositing paper stock certificates.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

Again he glances this way, that way, and then his hand darts into the hole, depositing the paper.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech


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