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Definition: Amercement |
AmercementNoun1. Money extracted as a penalty. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "amercement" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references) |
Etymology: Amercement \A*merce"ment\, noun. [Old French expression amerciment.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: AmercementSynonyms: fine (n), mulct (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Penalty | Fine, mulct, amercement; forfeit, forfeiture; escheat, damages, deodand, sequestration, confiscation, premunire; doomage. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Amercement |
| English words defined with "amercement": Affeer, Amercement royal, Amerciament ♦ Bloodwit ♦ Merce, Misericordia. (references) |
| "Amercement" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Amercement" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "amercement": Amercement royal. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "amercement"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ndëshkim (castigation, chastisement, comeuppance, correction, discipline, hell, infliction, pain, penalty, penitence, plague, punishment, strafe, what for), gjobë (fine, forfeit, forfeiture, mulct, penalty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | глоба (fine, forfeit, mulct, penalty, surcharge), наказание (award, castigation, discipline, gruel, infliction, judgement, judgment, pain, pay, payment, penalty, plague, punishment, rap, requital, retribution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bírsággal sújtás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amercementay punição (castigation, correction, discipline, fine, flogging, infliction, pain, penalty, punishment, rod), multa (assessment, fine, forfeit, mulct, penalty kick). (various references) денежный штраф. (various references) novčana kazna (mulct), globa (fine, mulct, penalty). (various references) para cezası verme, ceza tutarı. (various references) sự trừng phạt (castigation, chastisement, lesson, punishment, retribution, toco, toko), sự phạt vạ tiền phạt sự phạt, sự bắt nộp phạt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | miseratio. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "amercement": amercements. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "amercement" (pronounced 'A*merce"ment'): Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abjurement, Abodement, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acquirement, Acquitment, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjustment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advisement, Affeerment, Afforcement, Affordment, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Alignment, Alinement, Allayment, Allegement, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Amassment, Amazement, Amendment, Amusement, Annexment, Announcement, Annulment. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-m-m-n-r-t" | |
-2 letters: cementer, cerement, metamere. | |
-3 letters: ammeter, cementa, centare, cremate, crenate, meatmen, menacer, metamer, reenact. | |
-4 letters: amerce, canter, careen, carmen, carnet, cement, center, centra, centre, cerate, cermet, cetane, create, ecarte, entera, entree, eterne, marten, meaner, meeter, menace, merman, mermen, neater, nectar, raceme, recane, recant, recent, remate, remeet, rename, reteam, retene, tanrec, teemer, teener, tenace, tenrec. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-e-m-m-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: amercements, embracement. | |
+2 letters: embracements. | |
+5 letters: complementaries, thermoremanence. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6D 65 72 63 65 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -- . .-. -.-. . -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101101 01100101 01110010 01100011 01100101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A m e r c e m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006D 0065 0072 0063 0065 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35797184697179718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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