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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.
Also,im•pound'age.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.