Garnishee — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a wage earner who is served with a garnishment

take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡˈɑːɹnɪʃˌiː/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡˈɑːnɪʃˌiː/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡˈɑːnɪʃˌiː/

2 syllables Say it as /ɡˈɑːɹnɪʃˌiː/.

Examples

His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

garnish

Parts of Speech

noun	a wage earner who is served with a garnishment
verb	take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support “His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt”

Word Forms

garnishment

noun

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

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Garnitur

🇫🇷French

tiers-saisi

un salarié qui fait l'objet d'une saisie-arrêt

🇪🇸Spanish

aderezar

un asalariado al que se le ha entregado un embargo

🇮🇹Italian

pignorato

lavoratore salariato servito con pignoramento

🇳🇱Dutch

garnering

🇵🇹Portuguese

guarnição

um assalariado que recebe uma penhora

🇷🇺Russian

гарнир

наемный работник, которому вручается гарнир

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कर्ता

एक वेतन भोगी जिसे सजावट के साथ परोसा जाता है

🇧🇩Bengali

গার্নিশ

একটি মজুরি উপার্জনকারী যাকে একটি সাজসজ্জা দিয়ে পরিবেশন করা হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

அழகுபடுத்தும்

ஒரு கூலி வேலை செய்பவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

అలంకరించు

అలంకారంతో వడ్డించే వేతన జీవి

🇮🇳Marathi

गार्निश

एक मजुरी कमावणारा ज्याला गार्निशमेंट दिली जाते

🇮🇳Gujarati

સુશોભન માટે વાપરવાની સામગ્રી

વેતન મેળવનાર કે જેને શણગાર સાથે પીરસવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಲಂಕರಿಸಲು

ಅಲಂಕಾರದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಬಡಿಸುವ ಒಬ್ಬ ವೇತನದಾರ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അലങ്കരിച്ചൊരുക്കിയാണോ

അലങ്കരിച്ചൊരുക്കി വിളമ്പുന്ന ഒരു കൂലിക്കാരൻ

🇵🇰Urdu

گارنش

ایک اجرت کمانے والا جسے سجاوٹ کے ساتھ پیش کیا جاتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

加尼西

受到扣押的工资收入者

🇯🇵Japanese

付け合わせ

差し押さえを受けた給与所得者

🇰🇷Korean

장식물

압류를 받은 봉급생활자

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đồ trang trí

một người làm công ăn lương được phục vụ với sự sai áp

🇹🇭Thai

เครื่องปรุง

ผู้มีค่าจ้างซึ่งได้รับเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์

🇮🇩Indonesian

menyita

seorang pencari nafkah yang disuguhi hiasan

Middle East

🇮🇷Persian

چاشنی

مزد بگیری که با زینت پذیرایی می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

garnitür

hacizle görevlendirilen ücretli kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

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