Impounded - What does it mean?
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(impound)
To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound.
To hold back, as water by a dam.
(legal) To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.
(transitive, legal, banking) To collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest.
A place in which things are impounded.
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A state of being impounded.
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That which has been impounded.
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(legal, banking) Amounts collected from a debtor and held by one with a security interest in property for payment of property taxes and insurance.
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(head)impound
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(en verb)- His car got impounded after he'd parked illegally.
- to impound''' stray cattle; to '''impound a document for safe keeping.