repository
Pronunciation: /rɪˈpɒzɪt(ə)ri/
noun ( plural repositories)
- 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 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
Origin:
late 15th century: from Old French repositoire or Latin repositorium, from reposit- 'placed back', from the verb reponere (see repose2)