HyperDic: amercement

English > 1 sense of the word amercement:
NOUNpossessionamercement, fine, mulctmoney extracted as a penalty
English > amercement: 1 sense > noun 1, possession
Meaningmoney extracted as a penalty.
Synonymsfine, mulct
Narrowerlibrary finefine imposed by a library on books that overdue when returned
BroaderpenaltyA payment required for not fulfilling a contract
Spanishamercement, multa
Catalanamercement, multa, sanció pecuniària
Verbsamercepunish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court

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