depot

Meaning

Noun

• A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
• A bus station or railway station.
• A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
• A place for the storage, servicing or upgrade of military hardware.
• The portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service.
• The tableau; the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.

Origin

• From French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Medieval Latin dēpositum, from Latin, participle of depono. deposit.