depositary

Etymology

From Late Latin dēpositārius.

adj

1. Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit.
   The hospital was the depositary institution of our monies.

noun

1. One who receives goods or a deposit in trust.
   The United States is the depositary, or safekeeper, of NATO under the alliance’s 1949 founding treaty. 2023-04-03, Associated Press, “What are the last steps for Finland’s NATO membership?”, in PBS NewsHour, PBS, retrieved 2023-04-03
2. A place where deposits are kept