impound, pound
(verb) place or shut up in a pound; “pound the cows so they don’t stray”
impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize
(verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; “The FBI seized the drugs”; “The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment”; “The police confiscated the stolen artwork”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
impound (third-person singular simple present impounds, present participle impounding, simple past and past participle impounded)
(transitive) to shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound
(transitive) to hold back (for example water by a dam)
(transitive, law) to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate
(transitive, law, banking) to collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest
impound (plural impounds)
a place in which things are impounded
a state of being impounded
that which has been impounded
(law, banking) amounts collected from a debtor and held by one with a security interest in property for payment of property taxes and insurance
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pound" (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impounding.]
Definition: To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping. But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
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