depot
pronunciation
How to pronounce depot in British English:
UK [ˈdepəʊ]
How to pronounce depot in American English:
US [ˈdiːpoʊ]
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- Noun:
- station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
- a depository for goods
Word Origin
- depot
- depot: [18] A depot is literally a ‘place where something is deposited’, a ‘depository’. The word comes, via French dépôt, from Latin dēpositum (source of English deposit [17]), the past participle of dēpōnere ‘put down’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘down’ and pōnere ‘put, place’ (source of English position), and also produced English depose [13] and deponent [15].=> deponent, depose, deposit, position
- depot (n.)
- 1795, "warehouse," from French dépôt "a deposit, place of deposit," from Old French depost "a deposit or pledge," from Latin depositum "a deposit," noun use of neuter past participle of deponere "lay aside" (see deposit (v.)). Military sense is from 1798; meaning "railway station" is first recorded 1842, American English.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Catano , puerto rico : fuel tanks burn at a petroleum depot
- 2. Let us take you to a repair depot for high speed trains sapsan .
- 3. Planetary resources executives said that after reaching the first asteroid , the company would mine it for water , set up a fuel depot , and then mine the asteroid for iron and other metals .
- 4. One big plus : school buses are off the streets sitting in a depot for much of the day , giving them plenty of time to recharge their batteries .
- 5. A taxi-ride within the city easily adds up to $ 50 , especially since the taxi companythe only one in townstarts the meter as soon as the car leaves the depot .