impas

• Hyphenation: im‧pas

impas

1. to pay off; to pay back the entirety of a loan, etc.

impas

1. final payment

From Betawi impas, probably from Dutch impasse (“impasse, deadlock”), from French impasse (“stalemate, impasse”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪmpas/
• Hyphenation: im‧pas
• Rhymes: -pas, -as, -s

impas

1. to paid off
2. to be even: neither owing nor being owed.
3. to break even

• “impas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from French impasse.

• IPA^(key): /ˈim.pas/

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• Rhymes: -impas
• Syllabification: im‧pas

impas m inan

1. impasse (deadlock or stalemate situation)

   Synonyms: matnia, ślepa uliczka, ślepy zaułek, zastój

2. (bridge) stalemate (forcing the opponent to play with a card of a lower value and then reraising the card with one of a higher value)

• impas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• impas in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From French impasse.

• IPA^(key): /imˈpas/

impas n (plural impasuri)

1. impasse

impas

1. infinitive passive of impa.
2. present tense passive of impa.