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Explore Garnishment through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Garnishment in a sentence

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Garnishment | Garnish | Garnished | Garnishes | Garnishing | Garnishments

Garnishment meaning

A judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a plaintiff.

Synonyms of Garnishment

court order

Related words

Other words often associated with Garnishment or its synonyms:

writ

Using Garnishment

  • The main meaning on this page is: A judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a plaintiff.
  • Useful related words include: court order.
  • In the example corpus, garnishment often appears in combinations such as: of garnishment.

Context around Garnishment

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

wage 1× allow 1×

Often after:

repossession 1×

Sentence patterns with Garnishment

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and the garnishment of social 1× taxes wage garnishment repossession of 1× that allow garnishment 1× type of garnishment some lawmakers 1× will garnishment be the 1× writ of garnishment or writ 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

falling behind on 1× fcash has likewise 1× governor pritzker of 1× i saw this 1× the treasury department 1× will garnishment be 1×

Common sentence endings:

before the pandemic 1× direct stimulus payments 1× phrase in anchorage 1× that allow garnishment 1× things like that 1× writ of attachment 1×

Words around Garnishment

Just before it in the word index:

garnishing 10 garnishes 21 garnishee 8 garnished 65 garnish 142 garnier 22

Just after it in the word index:

garnishments 4 garnock 6 garns 2 garnsey 8 garo 47 garodnick 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Garnishment

  • In this selection, "garnishment" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, wage, allow and repossession stand out and add context to how "garnishment" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and the garnishment of social and taxes wage garnishment repossession of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "garnishment" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with garnishment

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Will garnishment be the new catch phrase in Anchorage? (9 words)

Governor Pritzker of Illinois announced Tuesday he would suspend the laws that allow garnishment. (14 words)

FCash has likewise sent messages threatening borrowers with charges for estafa, complaints before the National Bureau of Investigation, and service of writ of garnishment or writ of attachment. (28 words)

Longer example sentences

I saw this ad for a firm that keeps a roster of tax lawyers on staff who would manage all of the bad things that can happen to you if you don’t pay your taxes—wage garnishment, repossession of assets, things like that. (44 words)

Falling behind on loan payments can lead to serious financial consequences for borrowers, they said, and the garnishment of Social Security benefits to pay off older adults’ student loan debt was a growing issue before the pandemic. (37 words)

The Treasury Department already has rules that protect social security payments from this type of garnishment; some lawmakers want the agency to extend these rules to cover direct stimulus payments. (30 words)

Question examples

Will garnishment be the new catch phrase in Anchorage? (9 words)

Example sentences (6)

Falling behind on loan payments can lead to serious financial consequences for borrowers, they said, and the garnishment of Social Security benefits to pay off older adults’ student loan debt was a growing issue before the pandemic.

I saw this ad for a firm that keeps a roster of tax lawyers on staff who would manage all of the bad things that can happen to you if you don’t pay your taxes—wage garnishment, repossession of assets, things like that.

FCash has likewise sent messages threatening borrowers with charges for estafa, complaints before the National Bureau of Investigation, and service of writ of garnishment or writ of attachment.

Governor Pritzker of Illinois announced Tuesday he would suspend the laws that allow garnishment.

The Treasury Department already has rules that protect social security payments from this type of garnishment; some lawmakers want the agency to extend these rules to cover direct stimulus payments.

Will garnishment be the new catch phrase in Anchorage?

Common combinations with garnishment

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • of garnishment 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "garnishment" in a sentence?
An example: "Falling behind on loan payments can lead to serious financial consequences for borrowers, they said, and the garnishment of Social Security benefits to pay off older adults’ student loan debt was a growing issue before the pandemic." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "garnishment" from authentic English texts.
What does "garnishment" mean?
Garnishment means: A judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a plaintiff.
What are synonyms of "garnishment"?
Common synonyms of "garnishment" include: court order.
How many example sentences with "garnishment" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "garnishment", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.