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GARNISHEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does garnishee mean?
• GARNISHEE (noun)
The noun GARNISHEE has 1 sense:
1. a wage earner who is served with a garnishment
Familiarity information: GARNISHEE used as a noun is very rare.
• GARNISHEE (verb)
The verb GARNISHEE has 1 sense:
1. take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support
Familiarity information: GARNISHEE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wage earner who is served with a garnishment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("garnishee" is a kind of...):
earner; wage earner (someone who earn wages in return for their labor)
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it garnishees Past simple: garnisheed
Past participle: garnisheed
-ing form: garnisheeing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
garnish; garnishee
Context example:
His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt
Hypernyms (to "garnishee" is one way to...):
attach; confiscate; impound; seize; sequester (take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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