задаток

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Russian

Etymology

за- (za-) +‎ дать (datʹ) +‎ -ок (-ok)

Pronunciation

Noun

зада́ток (zadátokm inan (genitive зада́тка, nominative plural зада́тки, genitive plural зада́тков)

  1. deposit
  2. advance payment
  3. earnest (money)
  4. key money
  5. handsel
  6. (usually in the plural) beginning
    Synonyms: зача́ток (začátok), нача́ло (načálo)
    • 1895, Антон Чехов , “XX”, in Остров Сахалин; English translation from Sakhalin Island, (Please provide a date or year):
      Тепе́рь уже́ бро́шенные и забы́тые, тогда́ э́ти посты́ игра́ли таку́ю же роль, как тепе́рь поселе́ния, и на них смотре́ли, как на зада́тки бу́дущей коло́нии.
      Tepérʹ užé bróšennyje i zabýtyje, togdá éti postý igráli takúju že rolʹ, kak tepérʹ poselénija, i na nix smotréli, kak na zadátki búduščej kolónii.
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Declension