# Depository, depot, vault

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## Definition

Place where money and valuable objects are stored; in particular, a safe deposit box, also referred to as a depository in older documents; see Arts. 688 et seq. BGB (a secure room or rooms in a financial institution where cash on hand is stored and safe deposit boxes are located). - The securities account managed by a bank for a customer, sometimes also referring to the accounts as a whole. In Germany, at the beginning of 2013, there were around thirty-four million securities accounts - Department of a bank that is concerned with the safekeeping of objects in general and of securities in particular. - Another term for portfolio. - Also, especially in Swiss German and with emphasis on the first syllable, - the deposit on reusable packages (reusable packages) and - the co-deposit (rent deposit). - See Aberdepot, cash, vaulted, custodian, custodian business, deposit law, custodian, safekeeping, central securities depository, intermediate safekeeping. - Cf. Monthly Report of the Deutsche Bundesbank of August 1995, pp. 57 ff. (Custody account holdings in Germany; overview). Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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