Word: arrestments
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ar
rest
ments
Definition: Plural of arrestment. The process that prohibits a debtor from making payment to the creditor until another debt due to the person making use of the arrestment by such creditor is paid.
Morphemes:
Affix: ad-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: toward, to, tendency, or addition.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ad-
Language: la
Decoded: ad-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: to
Affix: rest
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To arrest.
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.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.