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GARNISHEE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wage earner who is served with a garnishment
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("garnishee" is a kind of...):
earner; wage earner (someone who earn wages in return for their labor)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they garnishee ... 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
Example:
His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt
Synonyms:
garnish; garnishee
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
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
