garnishment
noun
gar·nish·ment
ˈgär-nish-mənt 
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And as of this month, servicers are able to resume collecting on defaulted loans through wage garnishments.
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Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
This typically occurs when administrative collections efforts are limited or not fruitful, and officials believe the borrower may have additional income or assets that go beyond what the government can collect through administrative wage garnishment or Treasury Offset.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Net pay is affected by certain taxes, benefits, wage garnishments and other deductions.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
Notices to lien or levy accounts, for example, are time-sensitive, and requiring long wait times can put taxpayers at risk of wage or account garnishment.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
This typically occurs when administrative collections efforts are limited or not fruitful, and officials believe the borrower may have additional income or assets that go beyond what the government can collect through administrative wage garnishment or Treasury Offset.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Net pay is affected by certain taxes, benefits, wage garnishments and other deductions.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
Notices to lien or levy accounts, for example, are time-sensitive, and requiring long wait times can put taxpayers at risk of wage or account garnishment.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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garnishment
noun
gar·nish·ment
ˈgär-nish-mənt
: a remedial device used by a creditor to have property of the debtor or money owed to the debtor that is in the possession of a third party attached to pay the debt to the creditor
specifically
: attachment of the debtor's wages to satisfy a judgment compare wage assignment at assignment
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