Penalty
Penalty , noun
[French pénalité. See Penal.]
1.
Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense, or trespass.
Death is the penalty imposed.
2.
The suffering, or the sum to be forfeited, to which a person subjects himself by covenant or agreement, in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine.
The penalty and forfeit of my bond.
3.
A handicap. [Sporting Cant]
The term penalty is in law mostly applied to a pecuniary punishment.
Collocations (2)
Bill of pains and penalties , See under Bill.
On penalty of or Under penalty of , on pain of; with exposure to the penalty of, in case of transgression.