A depository is a place where something can be kept safely. It might hold money, gold, papers, books, or other things people do not want lost or stolen. The point is storage and safety, not selling. Banks, libraries, and governments have depositories.

A depository is所謂depository，是指 a place where something can be kept safely.一個可以安全存放東西的地方。 It might hold money, gold, papers, books, or other things people do not want lost or stolen.裡面可能放錢、黃金、文件、書籍，或其他不希望遺失或被偷的東西。 The point is storage and safety, not selling.重點在於存放和安全，不是買賣。 Banks, libraries, and governments have depositories.銀行、圖書館，還有政府都有depository。

The word is formal. In daily life you would more often say storehouse, vault, or just the place we keep it.

The word is formal.這個字很正式。 In daily life you would more often say storehouse, vault, or just the place we keep it.日常生活裡，你更常會說storehouse（倉庫）、vault（金庫），或乾脆說「我們放東西的地方」。

Though actually, English also has repository and depositary sitting next to this word, and even careful writers are not always tidy about them. A depository is usually the place. A depositary is more often the person or institution trusted to hold something. A repository is often a collection — of books, of data, of knowledge.

Though actually,不過其實， English also has repository and depositary sitting next to this word,英文裡還有repository和depositary這兩個字跟它很接近， and even careful writers are not always tidy about them.就連細心的作者也不見得分得很清楚。 A depository is usually the place.depository通常是指地方。 A depositary is more often the person or institution trusted to hold something.depositary則比較常指被信任來保管東西的人或機構。 A repository is often a collectionrepository則常常是指一個collection（收藏、集合） — of books, of data, of knowledge.——書籍的、資料的，或知識的。