Usually means: Consequences for violating rules or laws.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. penalties: Merriam-Webster
  2. penalties: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. penalties: Collins English Dictionary
  4. penalties: Vocabulary.com
  5. Penalties, penalties: Wordnik
  6. penalties: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. penalties: Wiktionary
  8. Penalties, penalties: Dictionary.com
  9. penalties: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Penalties: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Penalties: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. Penalties: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. penalties: FreeDictionary.org
  14. penalties: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. penalties: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. penalties: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. penalties: Legal dictionary
  4. Penalties: Financial dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Squash Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Penalties: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (penalties)

▸ noun:  (informal) A penalty shootout.

Similar:
penalty shoot-out, penalty shootout, shootout, penalty corner, penalty goal, penalty kick, penalty box, penalty area, point penalty, penalty shot, more...

Opposite:
rewards, incentives, benefits, bonuses, perks

Types:
fines, jail time, probation, community service, restitution, suspension, more...

Phrases:
civil penalties, prepayment penalties, death penalties, bill of pains and penalties, Pains and Penalties Bill 1820, more...

Adjectives:
severe, criminal, heavy, civil, such, legal, financial, harsh, stiff, certain, monetary



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Similar:
penalty shoot-out, penalty shootout, shootout, penalty corner, penalty goal, penalty kick, penalty box, penalty area, point penalty, penalty shot, more...

Opposite:
rewards, incentives, benefits, bonuses, perks

Types:
fines, jail time, probation, community service, restitution, suspension, more...

Phrases:
civil penalties, prepayment penalties, death penalties, bill of pains and penalties, Pains and Penalties Bill 1820, IRS penalties, penalties for illegal parking, financial penalties, penalties for offences, more...

Adjectives:
severe, criminal, heavy, civil, such, legal, financial, harsh, stiff, certain, monetary



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