dep meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

dep

noun

Etymology *Abbreviation of several English terms that begin with "dep" *Clipping of several English terms that begin with "dep"

Abbreviation, Clipping Clipping of deposit.

Abbreviation, Clipping Clipping of departure.

Law Informal A deposition.

Don't worry too much if they don’t give us everything we need in their rog answers; we'll fill the gaps in dep.

Informal A deputy.

[A]s soon as the door opened we could see it was the deputy governor coming through. […] We watched as the dep crossed the football field towards us.1999, Alex Alexandrowicz, David Wilson, The Longest Injustice: The Strange Story of Alex Alexandrowicz:

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Informal A dependency.

verb

Etymology *Abbreviation of several English terms that begin with "dep" *Clipping of several English terms that begin with "dep"

Informal To deputize.

Regularly with Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band for almost a year in the late 1990s and later deputized in the band, including a tour of Denmark (2003), also depped in Chris Barber's Band for Swedish tour (2001).2004, John Chilton, Who's Who of British Jazz: 2nd Edition, page 212:

verb

Etymology *Abbreviation of several English terms that begin with "dep" *Clipping of several English terms that begin with "dep"

depart or departs

deposed

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