English Dictionary

penalty

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɛnəlti/

名詞

A legal sentence. / A punishment for violating rules of procedure. / (finance) A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.

日本語の意味

法的な刑罰 / 手続き違反に対する罰則 / （金融における）口座または投資の早期引き出しに伴う違約金

The court imposed a heavy penalty for the environmental violations.

裁判所は環境違反に対して重い刑罰を科した。

意味（1）

A legal sentence.

The penalty for his crime was to do hard labor.

意味（2）

A punishment for violating rules of procedure.

Was it so irreconcilable, Warwick wondered, as still to peal out the curfew bell, which at nine o'clock at night had clamorously warned all negroes, slave or free, that it was unlawful for them to be abroad after that hour, under penalty of imprisonment or whipping?

意味（3）

(finance) A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.

意味（4）

(soccer) A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a penalty kick.

意味（5）

(ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.

A penalty was called when he tripped up his opponent.

意味（6）

A disadvantageous consequence of a previous event.

But you, my noble, my generous girl! exclaimed Lord Avonleigh, I dare not let you pay the penalty of my former folly.

penalties （ plural ）