impound

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ pound.

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpaʊ̯nd/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɪmpaʊ̯nd/
• Rhymes: -aʊnd

Verb

impound (third-person singular simple present impounds, present participle impounding, simple past and past participle impounded)

1. (transitive) to shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound

   His car got impounded after he'd parked illegally.

2. (transitive) to hold back (for example water by a dam)
3. (transitive, law) to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate

   to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping.

4. (transitive, law, banking) to collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest

Translations

to shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蓄水 (zh) (xùshuǐ)

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• Georgian: ჩაკეტვა (čaḳeṭva), ჩარაზმვა (čarazmva)
• Maori: pāuna, tōkiāri
• Russian: запира́ть (ru) n (zapirátʹ), заточа́ть (ru) n (zatočátʹ)

to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate

• Catalan: confiscar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拘留 (zh) (jūliú)

• Dutch: confisqueren (nl), in beslag nemen
• Finnish: takavarikoida (fi)
• French: confisquer (fr)
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• Georgian: კონფისკაცია (ḳonpisḳacia)
• German: beschlagnahmen (de), konfiszieren (de)
• Italian: requisire (it), sequestrare (it)
• Luxembourgish: beschlagnahmen
• Maori: taumanu
• Russian: конфискова́ть (ru) (konfiskovátʹ)
• Slovak: skonfiškovať, konfiškovať, zhabať
• Spanish: confiscar (es)

Noun

impound (plural impounds)

1. a place in which things are impounded
2. a state of being impounded
3. that which has been impounded
4. (law, banking) amounts collected from a debtor and held by one with a security interest in property for payment of property taxes and insurance

See also

• escrow