garnishment
pronunciation
How to pronounce garnishment in British English:
UK ['gɑ:nɪʃmənt]
How to pronounce garnishment in American English:
US ['gɑnɪʃmənt]
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- Noun:
- a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee
Word Origin
- garnishment (n.)
- 1550s, "embellishment, adornment, decoration," from garnish (v.) + -ment. Legal financial sense from 17c. The verbal noun garnishing also was used in the sense "ornament, that which decorates" (late 14c.).
Example
- 1. Apportionment type for simultaneous garnishment of wages .
- 2. If your defaulted debt is subject to wage garnishment , you may not be able to consolidate .
- 3. Calculated amount not liable to garnishment .
- 4. Please delete the other garnishment infotypes first .
- 5. Additional amount not liable to garnishment .