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зало́г — meaning in English

zalog

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English meaning

  • bail noun A sum of money paid to secure someone's release from custody while they await trial.
  • forfeit verb To lose or give up something as a penalty for breaking a rule or agreement.
  • pawn verb To leave an item with a pawnbroker as security in exchange for money.
  • pledge verb To make a solemn promise to do something.
  • pot noun A round container, usually with a handle, used for cooking or holding things such as plants.
  • stake noun A pointed piece of wood or metal driven into the ground as a marker or support.
  • voice noun The sound a person produces when speaking or singing.

Senses

зало́г is used for these senses in English:

  • bail (countable, uncountable) Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
  • forfeit Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine as part of a game.
  • pawn An instance of pawning something.
  • pawn (rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
  • pledge (law) A bailment of personal property to secure payment of a debt without transfer of title.
  • voice (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

bail — full definition

  1. noun A sum of money paid to secure someone's release from custody while they await trial.
  2. verb To scoop water out of a boat.
  3. verb To leave abruptly or back out of a plan.

forfeit — full definition

  1. verb To lose or give up something as a penalty for breaking a rule or agreement.
  2. noun Something lost or given up as a penalty.

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