penalty
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
penalty/ˈpenəlti/
▶noun (pl. penalties)
- 1 a punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule, or contract.
- 2 (in sports and games) a handicap imposed on a player or team for infringement of rules, especially a penalty kick.
■ Bridge points won by the defenders when the declarer fails to make the contract.
– phrases
under (or on) penalty of under the threat of.
under (or on) penalty of under the threat of.
– origin C16: prob. via Anglo-Norman Fr., from med. L. poenalitas, based on poena ‘pain’.
'penalty' also found in these Oxford entries:
adjudge
- aggravated
- arrestable offence
- automatic
- box
- capital
- casualty
- casual water
- confiscate
- cost
- death penalty
- double
- endorsement
- fine
- forfeit
- hand
- high-stick
- immune
- immunity
- old maid
- pain
- penal
- penalize
- penalty area
- penalty box
- penalty kick
- penalty killer
- penalty point
- penalty rate
- penalty spot
- penalty try
- penology
- power play
- punish
- punishment
- remission
- roll
- sanction
- shoot-out
- show
- showjumping
- sin bin
- slap
- spot
- spot kick
- subpoena
- supreme
- totting-up
- unpunished
