amercement (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *amercement*:
NOUN	possession	amercement, fine, mulct	money extracted as a penalty

English > *amercement*: 1 sense > noun 1, possession
Meaning	money extracted as a penalty.
Synonyms	fine, mulct
Narrower	library fine	fine imposed by a library on books that overdue when returned
Broader	penalty	A payment required for not fulfilling a contract
Spanish	amercement, multa
Catalan	amercement, multa, sanció pecuniària
Verbs	amerce	punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court

HyperDic: amercement