garnish - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'garnish' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Garnish

[ n.]

- Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated.
- Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2.

2 . Garnish

[ v. t.]

- To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
- To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
- To furnish; to supply.
- To fit with fetters.
- To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.
- Fetters.
- A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer.

Meaning of 'garnish' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . garnish

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support

Example in sentence:

His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt

Nearby Words:

gar gar pike garancin garb garbage garbed garbel garble garbled garbler

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Wage garnishment
Wage garnishment usually in the form of a court order, a garnishment requires withholding a portion of an employee’s earnings for repayment of a debt.
Garnishment
Garnishment is a court order requiring an employer to withhold a certain percentage from an employee’s pay in order to settle a debt with a creditor.

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