garnishment C2+ Topic:Money & Finance US /ˈɡɑrnɪʃmənt/ UK /ˈɡɑːnɪʃmənt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 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 AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Money & Finance Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown