deposit

[Untaught88]

Hi,

Can we use the verb "deposit" before "school fee"?

 

[GoesStation]

Certainly. ​I paid a hundred-dollar deposit for next year's school fee.

(I have a feeling that usage is not what you had in mind. Please write a complete sentence so we can comment appropriately.)

 

[teechar]

Just to clarify:
The word "deposit" in GoesStation's natural sentence in post #3 is a noun. It is not a verb.

 

[Tdol]

We had to deposit a hundred dollars against next year's school fees. (Possible,and a verb, though not that natural for me)

 

[Untaught88]

"If you have already deposited school fee, ..."

 

[Matthew Wai]

If you have already paid the school fee ...

 

[GoesStation]

"If you have already deposited school fee, ..."

This is not natural.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I hope it is allowable to suggest a different word.

 

[tedmc]

A deposit is fixed sum of money usually made as a security, such as a deposit for the use of a library.

I would say: you pay (not deposit) your school fees, fully or partially in instalments.

 

[GoesStation]

Here's one: Please deposit your school fees in the box in the reception area.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I would simply use 'put' instead of 'deposit' there.

 

[GoesStation]

I wouldn't be surprised to see "deposit" used in that sentence in a school newsletter, for example.

 

[Tarheel]

You pay the school a fee. I assume you give somebody a check. Where does the word "deposit" come in?