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garnishee

  • /ɡɑɹnɪˈʃiː/

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From garnish + -ee.

noun garnishees

  1. The person whose money is garnished.

verb garnishees · garnisheeing · garnisheed

  1. transitive 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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@misc{garnishee_2026,
  title = {garnishee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/garnishee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}