garnishee
Holds another's wages
A garnishee is someone who holds money or property belonging to a debtor—typically an employer or bank—and is legally ordered to surrender it to satisfy a debt.
Courts issue garnishment orders directing the garnishee to withhold wages or freeze accounts: The court named his employer as garnishee.
As a verb, to garnishee means to subject someone's wages or assets to such an order: They garnisheed his paycheck until the debt was paid.
Compensation for labor
- earningsMoney gained from work
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- wagesPayment for work
- deductionConclusion from premises
income · employer · employee · withholding · compensation · gross · net · exemption
Connection or fondness
- levyCompulsory government charge
- withholdRefuse to give
- confiscateSeize by authority
- impoundSeize by authority
distrain · lien · intercept · freeze · encumber · execution · claim · recover
Trial venue or sports surface
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- creditorOne owed money
- defendantParty facing charges
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
writ · summons · plaintiff · compliance · injunction · decree · ruling · litigation
One owed money
- debtorOne who owes
- defaultPreset standard option
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- arrearsOverdue financial obligations
obligation · liability · collection · outstanding · owed · delinquency · judgment · unpaid
paycheck
Compensation for labor
deduction · income · employer · employee · withholding · compensation · gross · net · exemption · nonexempt
attachment
Connection or fondness
- levyCompulsory government charge
- withholdRefuse to give
- confiscateSeize by authority
impound · distrain · lien · intercept · freeze · encumber · execution · claim · recover · divert
court
Trial venue or sports surface
judgment · writ · summons · plaintiff · compliance · injunction · decree · ruling · litigation · tribunal
creditor
One owed money
arrears · obligation · liability · collection · outstanding · owed · delinquency · judgment · unpaid · balance
garnisheecreditor
One owed money
debtor · plaintiff · petitioner · claimant · obligor
- salad garnish
- cocktail garnishDecorative drink addition
- wage garnishmentForced paycheck withholding for debt
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