impoundment: Meaning and Definition of

im•pound•ment

Pronunciation: (im-pound'munt), [key]
— n.
  1. a body of water confined within an enclosure, as a reservoir.
  2. the act of impounding: the impoundment of alien property.
  3. the condition of being impounded.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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