container deposit

English

Noun

container deposit (plural container deposits)

1. A monetary deposit on a beverage or other container at the point of sale, refundable when the container is returned for reuse, recycling or proper disposal.

Collocations

• beverage container deposit
• container deposit fee
• container deposit law
• container deposit legislation
• container deposit program
• container deposit proposal
• container deposit scheme
• container deposit system

Translations

deposit on a beverage or other container

• Dutch: statiegeld (nl)
• Finnish: pantti (fi)
• German: Pfand (de) n
• Spanish: empeño (es) m
• Swedish: pant (sv) c

See also

• bottle deposit