Garnishee

[,gɑːnɪ'ʃiː] or [,gɑrnɪ'ʃi]

Definition

(noun.) a wage earner who is served with a garnishment.

(verb.) take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; 'His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt'.

Edited by Henry--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging to the debtor, or owing him money.

(v. t.) To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment; to garnish.

(v. t.) To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to trustee.

Inputed by Eleanor