Definition of Penalise

1. Verb. Impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on. "We had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"


Definition of Penalise

1. Verb. (British spelling) (alternative spelling of (penalize)) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Penalise

1. to penalize [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] - See also: penalize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Penalise

pen pusher
pen test
pen tests
pen up
penaeid
penaeids
penal
penal code
penal colonies
penal colony
penal facility
penal institution
penal notice
penal substitution
penalisation
penalise (current term)
penalised
penalises
penalising
penalities
penality
penalizable
penalization
penalizations
penalize
penalized
penalizes
penalizing
penall
penally

Literary usage of Penalise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. OECD Economic Surveys by Oecd (2004)
"These studies, which focus on reforms that will penalise growth as little as possible, have pointed to three types of supplementary measures: - Increasing ..."

2. Proceedings by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) (1905)
"Well, if it is fiscally heretical to penalise the consumer by raising prices, how does it become orthodox to penalise the producer by lowering the prices ? ..."

3. Principles of the English Law of Contract and of Agency in Its Relation to by William Reynell Anson (1906)
"It may impose a penalty without avoiding the contract. It may avoid the contract. It may avoid, and penalise or prohibit. In this last case we must take the ..."

4. Oil Supply Security: The Emergency Response Potential of IEA Countries in 2000 by International Energy Agency (2001)
"The government also has the legal power to penalise companies which do not fulfil their stockholding obligations. In this context, the KNOC visits the ..."

5. Archery by Charles James Longman, Henry Walrond (1901)
".adopted being either merely to penalise competitors for past -successes, ... The old-fashioned .system was to penalise an archer by the loss of the white ..."

6. Regulatory Reform in the United States by Scott H. Jacobs (1999)
"Sluggishness, delay, and inefficiencies in regulatory processes will increasingly penalise the United States as the pace of globalisation and innovation ..."

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