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To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
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To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
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Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated.
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Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment, such as parsley. See Garnish, v. t., 2.
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Withholding part of a borrower's wages to repay a loan, generally when that loan is in default.
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take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt"
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To "attach" wages or other property to make a payment.
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Legal process whereby a creditor has obtained judgment on a debt may obtain full or partial payment by seizure of a portion of a debtor's assets (wages, bank account, etc.).
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