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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STORAGE, n. [from store.]
1. The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; or the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse.
2. The price charge or paid for keeping goods in a store.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of storing something
2: a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks" [syn: storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store]
3: the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials
4: (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk
5: an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached" [syn: memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board]
6: depositing in a warehouse; "they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn"; "my car is in storage"; "publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing" [syn: repositing, reposition, storage, warehousing]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1613 1. a. space or a place for storing b. an amount stored c. memory 4 2. a. the act of storing ; the state of being stored; especially the safekeeping of goods in a depository (as a warehouse) b. the price charged for keeping goods in a storehouse 3. the production by means of electric energy of chemical reactions that when allowed to reverse themselves generate electricity again without serious loss

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a the storing of goods etc. b a particular method of storing or the space available for it. 2 the cost of storing. 3 the electronic retention of data in a computer etc. Phrases and idioms: storage battery (or cell) a battery (or cell) for storing electricity. storage heater Brit. an electric heater accumulating heat outside peak hours for later release.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Storage Stor"age, n. 1. The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse. 2. Space for the safe keeping of goods. 3. The price changed for keeping goods in a store. Storage battery. (Physics) See the Note under Battery.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you refer to the storage of something, you mean that it is kept in a special place until it is needed. ...the storage of toxic waste... Some of the space will at first be used for storage... The collection has been in storage for decades. 2. Storage is the process of storing data in a computer. His task is to ensure the fair use and storage of personal information held on computer. 3. see also cold storage

Moby Thesaurus

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