deposit-n; 8 Senses

Sense Number 1: a quantity of money added to a bank account

Commentary: DEPOSIT[+amount][+money][+addition][+account][+bank]

Examples:
The bank teller took my deposit and handed me a receipt.
This deposit of $2000 won't clear until Thursday.
These deposits in my checkbook don't correspond to the bank statement. (represent quantities of money)
The neighbor's cat left a deposit on my back porch. (figurative extension, not money)

Mappings:
PropBank: deposit.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 2: an initial partial payment, e.g., down payment on a car

Commentary: DEPOSIT[+amount][+money][+payment][+partial]

Examples:
John and Mary have saved enough to make a deposit on that beach house they wanted.
You'll have to make a deposit of at least 20 percent of the total cost to qualify for a loan.

Mappings:
PropBank: deposit.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 3: a payment serving to guarantee or underwrite something

Commentary: DEPOSIT[+amount][+money][+guarantee] [+role][+insurance]

Examples:
The students didn't get their security deposit back because the carpet was damaged.
Bob had to make a deposit to his margin account when the stock market took a tumble. (a cover payment)
They require a non-refundable deposit of $60 for keeping a pet in the cottage.
Jane put $50,000 into a certificate of deposit at her bank. (a guarantee by the bank, for borrowing the money)

Mappings:
PropBank: deposit.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6, 7

Sense Number 4: a large geological formation of sedimentation

Commentary: DEPOSIT[+formation][+geological][+sedimentation][+coal/+mineral/+oil]

Examples:
They have found large deposits of oil in shale rock in Wyoming.
There is a fantastic deposit of preCambrian fossils in that limestone outcrop.
Those mineral deposits in the desert continue for a hundred miles.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 5: the natural process of laying down sedimentation

Commentary: DEPOSIT[+activity][+process][+natural][+accumulation]

Examples:
It took thousands of years for the deposit of calcium carbonate to form these stalagmites. (process or act)
The constant deposit of fertilizer and runoff into the Bay of Florida has damaged its ecology.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 6: small, usually unwanted, accumulations of substance

Commentary: DEPOSIT[+substance][+accumulation][+small]
NOTE: is -much- smaller scale than deposits of Sense 3

Examples:
John cleaned the salt deposits off the chrome on his vintage Buick.
The dentist told Pete that slow brushing would reduce the plaque deposits on his teeth.
This shampoo is supposed to remove chemical buildup and deposits from your hair.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 7: facility for secure storage of things, often money

Commentary: DEPOSIT[+facility][+storage][+secure]

Examples:
After hours, you can drop checks off at the bank's deposit box.
Joan slipped the DVDs into the deposit at the video store.
Our library has book deposits at the front and back of the building.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8

Sense Number 8: the act of putting something somewhere

Commentary: DEPOSIT[+action][+placement][+designated]

Examples:
I'd like to make a deposit to my checking account. (the act of placing some money there)
The deposit of packages in the front hall of this building is not permitted.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9