impound

Meanings

1. To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound.
2. To hold back.
3. To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.
4. To collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest.

1. A place in which impounded things are stored.
2. The state of being impounded.
3. That which has been impounded.
4. Amounts collected from a debtor and held by one with a security interest in property for payment of property taxes and insurance.

Etymology

From im- + pound.