English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

по́дать — meaning in English

podat

Russian → English · translate English → Russian instead

English meaning

  • lodge verb To become firmly fixed in a particular position.
  • petition noun A formal written request, often signed by many people, asking an authority to act on something.
  • pitch noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
  • present adj Existing or happening right now; current.
  • serve verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
  • submit verb To send in a piece of work, application, or request for review or approval.
  • tax noun Money that a government requires people or businesses to pay, used to fund public services.
  • tribute noun Something said, done, or given to show respect or admiration for someone.

Senses

по́дать is used for these senses in English:

  • lodge (transitive, chiefly, legal, politics) To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).
  • petition (transitive) To make a petition to (a sovereign or political authority).
  • pitch (transitive, or, intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
  • present (transitive, now, rare) To charge (a person) with a crime or accusation; to bring before court. [from 14th c.]
  • serve (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person. [from 15th c.]
  • submit (ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
  • tax Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles).
  • tribute A payment made by one nation to another in submission.

lodge — full definition

  1. verb To become firmly fixed in a particular position.
  2. verb To stay somewhere temporarily, especially as a paying guest in someone's house.
  3. verb To formally submit a complaint, appeal, or statement to an authority.
  4. noun A small house, often in the countryside, used for a specific purpose such as hunting or holidays.

petition — full definition

  1. noun A formal written request, often signed by many people, asking an authority to act on something.
  2. noun A formal application to a court asking for a specific legal order, such as a divorce.
  3. verb To formally ask an authority or court to do something.

Related Russian words