noun
Refers to a person who entrusts money, goods, or other items to another party for safekeeping or storage. Common in banking, warehousing, and legal contexts.
預け主は、銀行に金庫を借りている。
The depositor rents a safe-deposit box at the bank.
倉庫の預け主が荷物を引き取りに来た。
The depositor of the warehouse came to pick up the goods.
Compound of 預け (azuke, 'entrusting', the continuative form of 預ける) and 主 (nushi, 'owner' or 'person in charge').