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   repository

   /rɪˈpɒsɪt(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. a place where or receptacle in which things are or may be stored: "a deep repository for nuclear waste"
   • ▪ a place where something, especially a natural resource, is found in significant quantities: "accessible repositories of water"
   • ▪ a central location in which data is stored and managed: "the metadata will be aggregated in a repository"
   • ▪ a person or thing regarded as a store of information or in which a particular quality may be found: "his mind was a rich repository of the past"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Old French repositoire or Latin repositorium, from reposit- ‘placed back’, from the verb reponere (see repose2).

   Scrabble Points: 15

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