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garnishee

noun
/ɡɑɹnɪˈʃiː/

Etymology

From garnish + -ee.

  1. derived from *wer-✻ — “to defend, protect, cover”
  2. derived from *warnōną✻
  3. derived from *warnijaną✻ — “to worry, care, heed”
  4. derived from *warnijan✻
  5. derived from garnir
  6. inherited from garnysshen
  7. suffixed as garnishee — “garnish + ee”

Definitions

  1. The person whose money is garnished.

  2. To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts)

    To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnish.

    • Her bank account was garnisheed to pay an outstanding tax debt.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA