Meaning & use
a deposit slip
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Meaning
nouncountable
A small printed paper form that you fill in when putting money into a bank account.
Grammar: Countable: one deposit slip, two deposit slips. Often used with the verbs fill in, fill out, or complete.
Patterns
- fill in a deposit slip
- a deposit slip for something
The teller asked me to fill in a deposit slip before she could take my cash.
I wrote the account number on the deposit slip and handed it over with the check.
Keep your deposit slip until the money appears in your account.
Word forms
| plural | deposit slips |
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Common combinations
- fill in a deposit slip
- Please fill in a deposit slip and sign at the bottom.
- a blank deposit slip
- There were blank deposit slips next to the pens.
- a deposit slip for a check
- She used a separate deposit slip for each check.
- hand in a deposit slip
- You can hand in a deposit slip at any branch.
Synonyms and how they differ
- paying-in slip
- The usual British term for the same bank form; use it in the UK, but Americans may not recognize it.
- deposit form
- A more general phrase that can mean any form related to a deposit, not only the small bank slip.
Word family
Commonly confused: a deposit slip or withdrawal slip?
a deposit slip vs withdrawal slip
A withdrawal slip is used to take money out of an account, while a deposit slip is used to put money in.
Practice
Choose the correct sentence:
Choose one answer.
A deposit slip is used when you put money into an account, so option B is correct. Option A describes a withdrawal, which uses a different form.
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