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zakład

Pronunciation: /ˈza.kwat/

“zakład” is a Polish word. Its 17 meanings in English:

noun

  1. facility; institution, establishment, undertaking; factory, plant (economic unit dealing with the production and sale of something or performing some service)
  2. facility, institution (place where medical, protective, or pedagogical activities are performed)
  3. department (unit at a place of learning)
  4. educational institution (place specializing people in a particular field, branch, or profession)
  5. bet, wager (agreement between two parties that a stake will be paid by the loser to the winner)
  6. tucked edge; wrinkle, crease (end of something placed under something else, e.g. a dress)
  7. border stone with an engraved cross, coat of arms, or inscription
  8. area of hunting laid out by the hunters
  9. pledge, guarantee
  10. foundation
  11. formation (group of soldiers)
  12. reward for winning
  13. manner, way, mode; norm; order; arrangement
  14. layout, plan, design (drawing or idea of a building which will be followed)
  15. notch (chip cut into something to allow for easy fitting)
  16. slicer part (component of a machine for slicing)
  17. engaging in hand-to-hand combat

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish zakład. By surface analysis, deverbal from zakładać. Compare Kashubian zakłôd and Slovincian zaklod.

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