Penalty
21penalty */*/*/ — UK [ˈpen(ə)ltɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms penalty : singular penalty plural penalties 1) a) a punishment for breaking a rule or law penalty for: The maximum penalty for the offence is two years imprisonment. severe/heavy/stiff/tough… …
22penalty — / penlti/ noun plural penalties (C) 1 a punishment for breaking a law, rule, or legal agreement: No littering. Penalty $500. (+ for): The penalty for murder was death. | impose a penalty (=force someone to accept a penalty): the highest penalty… …
23penalty — 01. If you don t wear a helmet when you ride your bicycle, the current [penalty] is about equal to the cost of buying a new helmet. 02. The hockey player got a two minute [penalty] for interfering with the goalie. 03. In a language class, it is… …
24penalty — pen|al|ty W3S3 [ˈpenlti] n plural penalties [Date: 1500 1600; : Medieval Latin; Origin: poenalitas, from Latin poenalis; PENAL] 1.) a punishment for breaking a law, rule, or legal agreement ▪ No littering. Penalty $500. ▪ Withdrawing the money… …
25penalty — n. (pl. ies) 1 a a punishment, esp. a fine, for a breach of law, contract, etc. b a fine paid. 2 a disadvantage, loss, etc., esp. as a result of one s own actions (paid the penalty for his carelessness). 3 a a disadvantage imposed on a competitor …
26penalty — pen|al|ty [ penlti ] noun count *** 1. ) a punishment for breaking a rule or law: penalty for: The maximum penalty for the offense is two years imprisonment. severe/heavy/stiff/tough penalties: There are severe penalties for companies who breach… …
27penalty — [[t]pe̱n(ə)lti[/t]] ♦♦♦ penalties 1) N COUNT: usu sing A penalty is a punishment that someone is given for doing something which is against a law or rule. One of those arrested could face the death penalty... The maximum penalty is up to 7 years… …
28penalty — An elastic term with many different shades of meaning; it involves idea of punishment, corporeal or pecuniary, or civil or criminal, although its meaning is generally confined to pecuniary punishment. Allied v. Graves, 261 N.C. 31, 134 S.E.2d 186 …
29penalty*/ — [ˈpen(ə)lti] noun [C] 1) a punishment for breaking a rule or law the death penalty[/ex] The maximum penalty for the offence is two years imprisonment.[/ex] 2) a chance to score a goal in a sports match when the other team has broken a rule… …
30Penalty — Pe|nal|ty 〈[ pɛ̣nəltı] m. 6; Sp.〉 1. 〈Fußb.〉 Strafstoß 2. 〈Eishockey〉 Strafschuss [engl., „Strafe“] * * * Pe|nal|ty [ pɛnl̩ti ], der; [s], s [engl. penalty < frz. pénalité < mlat. poenalitas = Strafe, zu lat. poenalis = zur Strafe gehörig,… …
