Amercement — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

money extracted as a penalty

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈælɪɡɹˌæfɪst/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈamɜːsmənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈamɜːsmənt/

4 syllables Say it as /kˈælɪɡɹˌæfɪst/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

fine mulct

Word Forms

fine	verb	issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
mulct	verb	impose a fine on
amerce	verb	punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

anuncio

dinero extraído como penalización

🇮🇹Italian

amergenza

soldi prelevati a titolo di sanzione

🇳🇱Dutch

boete

geld dat als boete wordt geëxtraheerd

🇵🇹Portuguese

amercimento

dinheiro extraído como penalidade

🇷🇺Russian

амерцементация

деньги, полученные в качестве штрафа

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विक्रय

जुर्माने के रूप में वसूला गया पैसा

🇧🇩Bengali

mercement

অর্থ জরিমানা হিসাবে তোলা

🇮🇳Tamil

mercement

அபராதமாக எடுக்கப்பட்ட பணம்

🇮🇳Telugu

అమరిక

పెనాల్టీగా సేకరించిన డబ్బు

🇮🇳Marathi

व्यापार

दंड म्हणून पैसे काढले

🇮🇳Gujarati

વેપાર

દંડ તરીકે કાઢવામાં આવેલ નાણાં

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಮರ್ಸ್ಮೆಂಟ್

ಹಣವನ್ನು ದಂಡವಾಗಿ ಹೊರತೆಗೆಯಲಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അമർച്ച

പിഴയായി വേർതിരിച്ചെടുത്ത പണം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਪਾਰ

ਜੁਰਮਾਨੇ ਵਜੋਂ ਕੱਢਿਆ ਪੈਸਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

تجدید

جرمانے کے طور پر رقم نکالی گئی۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

罚款

作为罚款提取的钱

🇯🇵Japanese

アメセメント

罰金として徴収されたお金

🇰🇷Korean

벌금형

벌금으로 빼낸 돈

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thương mại

rút tiền như một hình phạt

🇹🇭Thai

สินไหม

เงินที่ถอนออกมาเป็นการลงโทษ

🇮🇩Indonesian

denda

uang diambil sebagai penalti

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أمريمنت

الأموال المستخرجة كعقوبة

🇮🇷Persian

تقویت

پولی که به عنوان جریمه استخراج می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

ceza tutarı

ceza olarak alınan para

🇮🇱Hebrew

אמרסמנט

כסף שנשלף כקנס

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The primary meaning of 'amercement' is 'money extracted as a penalty'.

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