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Dictionary

re•pos•i•tor•y

Pronunciation: (ri-poz'i-tôr"ē, -tōr"ē), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -tor•ies.
1. a receptacle or place where things are deposited, stored, or offered for sale: a repository for discarded clothing.
2. an abundant source or supply; storehouse: a repository of information.
3. a burial place; sepulcher.
4. a person to whom something is entrusted or confided.
5. Chiefly Brit.warehouse.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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