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1o_ In addition to being literally the "physical deposit of grains", the 'municipal pósito' is a Spanish institution that existed from the fifteenth century to the twentieth century. It was responsible in each region to store wheat grains to distribute among its population in times of scarcity, and thus avoid the lack of bread keeping the values of it at competitive prices with respect to its neighbors. It is taken from Latin posito ( "to deposit" ). 2o_ While it is not considered a suffix or a component, it is understood as "post" (Latin positum ) and is found in words such as "dressing", "interposit" , "deposit" , . . .

  

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