depot

Etymology

From French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Medieval Latin dēpositum, from Latin, participle of dēpōnō, dēpōnere. Doublet of deposit.

noun

1. A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
   Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads. 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200
2. A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service
3. (US) A bus station or railway station.
4. (military) A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
5. (military) A place for the storage, servicing or upgrade of military hardware.
6. (military) The portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service.
7. (card games) The tableau; the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.