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• penalty — pen‧al‧ty [ˈpenlti] noun penalties PLURALFORM [countable] 1. a punishment for breaking a law or rule: penalty for • There will be increased penalties for dumping oil at sea. • The offence carries a maximum …   Financial and business terms

• Penalty box — The penalty box (sometimes called the sin bin [cite web|url=http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2004/02/04/UndefinedSection/sin Bin.Awaits.Naughty.Icers 1421994.shtml|publisher=Michigan Daily|title= Sin bin awaits… …   Wikipedia

• penalty */*/*/ — UK [ˈpen(ə)ltɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms penalty : singular penalty plural penalties 1) a) a punishment for breaking a rule or law penalty for: The maximum penalty for the offence is two years imprisonment. severe/heavy/stiff/tough… …   English dictionary

• penalty*/ — [ˈpen(ə)lti] noun [C] 1) a punishment for breaking a rule or law the death penalty[/ex] The maximum penalty for the offence is two years imprisonment.[/ex] 2) a chance to score a goal in a sports match when the other team has broken a rule… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Penalty card — A penalty card is used in many sports as a means of warning, reprimanding or penalising a player, coach or team official. Penalty cards are most commonly used by referees or umpires to indicate that a player has committed an offence. The referee… …   Wikipedia

• Penalty kick — A penalty kick is a type of free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards (approximately eleven metres) out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.A penalty kick is… …   Wikipedia

• Penalty fare — On the United Kingdom s public transport systems, a penalty fare is a special fare charged at a higher than normal price because the purchaser did not comply with the normal ticket purchasing rules. Typically penalty fares are incurred by… …   Wikipedia

• offence — [[t]əfe̱ns[/t]] ♦♦♦ offences (The spelling offense is used in American English. The pronunciation [[t]ɔ͟ːfens[/t]] is used for meaning 3.) 1) N COUNT An offence is a crime that breaks a particular law and requires a particular punishment.… …   English dictionary

• offence — A felony or misdemeanor; a breach of the criminal laws; violation of law for which penalty is prescribed. The word offense, while sometimes used in various senses, generally implies a felony or a misdemeanor infringing public as distinguished… …   Black's law dictionary

• penalty point — noun a punishment awarded by the courts for a driving offence and recorded cumulatively on a person s driving licence …   English new terms dictionary

• Summary offence — Criminal law Part of …   Wikipedia