depot


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
depot /ˈdɛpəʊ/
noun
  • 1 a place for the storage of large quantities of a commodity.
  • 2 a place where buses, trains, or other vehicles are housed and maintained.

    N. Amer. a railway or bus station.

  • 3 Military a place where recruits are trained or troops assembled.
– origin C18 (in the sense ‘act of depositing’): from Fr. dépôt, from L. depositum (see deposit).
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