Word: garnishment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: gar
nish
ment
Definition: A judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a plaintiff.
Morphemes:
Affix: garnish
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnishee.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: garnir
Language: fro
Decoded: garnir
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to arm (provide with arms)
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.