Слово англійською: penalty

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penalty

noun
/ˈpenəlti/
(plural penalties)
  1. a punishment for breaking a law, rule or contract
    • to impose a penalty
    • Assault carries a maximum penalty of seven years' imprisonment.
    • penalty for (doing) something The penalty for travelling without a ticket is £200.
    • Contractors who fall behind schedule incur heavy financial penalties.
    • Harsher penalties are being imposed for crimes involving firearms.
    • a penalty clause in a contract
    • without penalty You can withdraw money from the account at any time without penalty.
    • on penalty of something The Romans prohibited the teaching of the Torah on penalty of death.
    see also death penalty, fixed penalty
  2. penalty (of something) a disadvantage suffered as a result of something
    • One of the penalties of fame is loss of privacy.
  3. (in sports and games) a disadvantage given to a player or a team when they break a rule
    • He incurred a ten-second penalty in the first round.
  4. (in football (soccer) and some other similar sports) a chance to score a goal or point without any defending players, except the goalkeeper, trying to stop it; the goal or point that is given if it is successful. This chance is given because the other team has broken the rules.
    • Two minutes later Ford equalized with a penalty.
    • We were awarded a penalty after a late tackle.
    • I volunteered to take the penalty (= be the person who tries to score the goal/point).
    • He missed a penalty in the last minute of the game.
    5. Word Originearly 16th cent.: probably via Anglo-Norman French, from medieval Latin poenalitas, based on poena ‘pain’.
Idioms
pay the/a penalty/price (for something/for doing something)
  1. to suffer because of bad luck, a mistake or something you have done
    • He looked terrible this morning. I think he's paying the penalty for all those late nights.
    • They're now paying the price for past mistakes.
    • She thinks that any inconvenience is a price worth paying for living in such a beautiful place.
    Extra Examples
    • He's now paying the penalty for his misspent youth.
    • If Mac had killed Caroline, then he was going to make him pay the price.
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