Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Repository \Re*pos"i*to*ry\ (r?*p?z"?*t$*r?), n. [L.
   repositorium, repostorium: cf. OF. repositoire.]
   A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for
   safety or preservation; a depository. --Locke.

Source : WordNet®

repository
     n 1: a facility where things can be deposited for storage or
          safekeeping [syn: {depository}, {deposit}]
     2: a person to whom a secret is entrusted [syn: {secretary}]
     3: a burial vault (usually for some famous person) [syn: {monument}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

repository
     
        1.  See {data dictionary}.
     
        2.  The core of a {CASE} tool, typically a {DBMS}
        where all development documents are stored.
     
        (1999-04-27)