DEPOT

'Depot' (děpō or dēpō) is from the French ''dépôt'' which means a deposit (as in geology or banking) or a storehouse. In English, depot can mean any one of a number of things, with minor variances between the different English speaking countries:

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Transportation

Technology

Medicine

Other

Transportation

★ a centralized store or operating base for logistical use by commercial or governmental bodies for storage of goods, training of personnel, or maintenance of vehicles.

★ a railway or bus station.

★ a large train or bus station, not usually for the transportation of people, but, rather, for the maintenance/service or storage of vehicles.

★ a hub for the distribution of goods.

★ a place or building where buses (see bus garage), trains or trams belonging to a particular company are stored and serviced when not in use.

Technology

★ As a proper noun, 'Depot' is an application used in conjunction with another application called "Carrier" or "iDEN Radio Service Software" to program Nextel iDEN cellular phones.

Medicine

★ In medical terms, a 'depot injection' is a long-acting formulation of an injectable drug.

Other

★ The Royal Canadian Mounted Police training facility in Regina, Saskatchewan is known simply as the 'Depot'.

★ A nickname for the Maxwell Street Depot, a popular 24-hour fast food joint on the South Side of Chicago with locations ranging from Bridgeport to South Shore.