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Noun: garnishment  gaa(r)-nish-munt
  1. (law) 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
    "The creditor sought garnishment of the debtor's wages to recover the unpaid loan"

Derived forms: garnishments

Type of: court order

Encyclopedia: Garnishment