The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
impounded
simple past tense and past participle of impound
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
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.