penalty
noun, plural pen·al·ties.
Origin of penalty
Related Words for penalty
discipline, forfeiture, cost, fine, retribution, rap, handicap, forfeit, amercement, price, amends, mulct, fall, mortification, dues, disadvantage, damagesExamples from the Web for penalty
Contemporary Examples of penalty
Last summer, Louisiana also banned non-legal adoption, with offenders facing a penalty of $5,000 and up to five years in prison.
The penalty is only rarely imposed, as members often resign before they can be voted out of Congress.
And as the Israeli NGO Yesh Din has documented, that penalty is actually on the high end.
Under the ACA, adults without minimal essential coverage will be charged a penalty when they file their tax return.
While that might just seem like a slap on the wrist compared to the cost of insurance, the penalty increases every year.
Historical Examples of penalty
There is a penalty for keeping open, houses of entertainment.
Sunday under Three HeadsCharles Dickens
Generally death was the least penalty that capture entailed.
Howard Pyle's Book of PiratesHoward Pyle
Such was the penalty for landing two buckets of Liverpool salt at Liverpool!
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
Saunders became vehement, and paid the penalty of a paroxysm of coughing.
Good IndianB. M. Bower
I suppose it isn't half so much a crime--as it is a--penalty--for the crimes that bring it on.
The CavalierGeorge Washington Cable