garnishment
17 points
English
11 letters
Not in frequency data
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Definitions
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
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Pronunciation
/ɡˈɑːɹnɪʃmʌnt/ · 3 syllables · CMUdict (BSD-3-Clause)
Word forms
plural garnishments
Forms from WordNet 3.1 morphology — every form attested in the dictionary.
Anagrams
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