garnishee Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a wage earner who is served with a garnishment
  2. verb take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support
    garnish.
    • His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt

WordNet

Gar`nish*ee" noun
Definitions
  1. (Law) 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. ✍ The order by which warning is made is called a garnishee order.
Gar`nish*ee" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Garnisheed present participle & verbal noun Garnisheeing
Definitions
  1. (Law) (a) To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment; to garnish. (b) To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to trustee.

Webster 1913