AMERCEMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Money extracted as a penalty

Synonyms:

amercement; fine; mulct

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("amercement" is a kind of...):

penalty (a payment required for not fulfilling a contract)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amercement"):

library fine (fine imposed by a library on books that overdue when returned)

Derivation:

amerce (punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court)