noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a plaintiff. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

adjunctadornmentangaryannexationannexurearrangement

Etymology

From garnish + -ment.