deposit vs lay

deposit

verb
  • To lay down; to place; to put. 

  • To put money or funds into an account. 

  • To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral. 

  • To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store. 

  • To lay aside; to rid oneself of. 

noun
  • Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems. 

  • Anything left behind on a surface. 

  • A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase. 

  • That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care of another. 

  • A place of deposit; a depository. 

  • Money placed in an account. 

  • A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit 

lay

verb
  • To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface. 

  • To take a position; to come or go. 

  • To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position. 

  • To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)). 

  • To have sex with. 

  • To place (new type) properly in the cases. 

  • To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone. 

  • To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.). 

  • To produce and deposit an egg. 

  • To apply; to put. 

  • To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk. 

  • To bet (that something is or is not the case). 

  • To point; to aim. 

  • To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie). 

  • To present or offer. 

  • simple past tense of lie when pertaining to position. 

  • To state; to allege. 

  • To impute; to charge; to allege. 

  • To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them. 

  • To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another. 

  • To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle). 

noun
  • The direction a rope is twisted. 

  • A casual sexual partner. 

  • A lake. 

  • A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung. 

  • What was I, just another lay you can toss aside as you go on to your next conquest? 

  • Arrangement or relationship; layout. 

  • An act of sexual intercourse. 

  • A share of the profits in a business. 

  • A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance. 

  • The laying of eggs. 

adj
  • Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution. 

  • Not trumps. 

  • Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them. 

How often have the words deposit and lay occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )