garnishment

C2+ Topic:Money & Finance

US /ˈɡɑrnɪʃmənt/ UK /ˈɡɑːnɪʃmənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a legal order to withhold money, typically from wages, to pay a debt

The court issued a garnishment against his salary to recover the loan.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a legal order to withhold... attachmentwithholdingsequestrationgarnishee

Word family

Related forms garnishgarnishee

Etymology

From 'garnish' (in its legal sense 'to warn, give notice') plus '-ment'; ultimately from Old French 'garnir' ('to warn, equip'), of Germanic origin.

garnir Old French

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Topics

Money & Finance Word Formation & Derivatives

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# garnishment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɡɑrnɪʃmənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɡɑːnɪʃmənt/

## Meanings
1. a legal order to withhold money, typically from wages, to pay a debt

## Examples
- The court issued a garnishment against his salary to recover the loan.

## Synonyms
- attachment
- withholding
- sequestration
- garnishee

## Related Forms
- garnish
- garnishee

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: garnir

## Etymology
From 'garnish' (in its legal sense 'to warn, give notice') plus '-ment'; ultimately from Old French 'garnir' ('to warn, equip'), of Germanic origin.

## AI Etymology
Garnishment comes from 'garnish' (in its legal sense 'to warn, give notice') plus '-ment'; ultimately from Old French 'garnir' ('to warn, equip'), of Germanic origin. The etymological trail includes Old French garnir. As a noun, garnishment names a legal order to withhold money, typically from wages, to pay a debt. The same family is visible in related forms such as garnish and garnishee.

## Topics
- Money & Finance
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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