Phrase Hound found 66 phrases and 2 compound words that contain penalty. The most common are listed below. Open penalty in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
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- death penaltyA punishment in which the offender is put to death by the state.
- penalty kickA form of direct free kick, taken from the penalty spot after a defensive foul in the penalty box, with only the goalkeeper defending the goal.
- paying the penaltypresent participle and gerund of pay the penalty
- penalty unitsplural of penalty unit: An amount of money, used as a basis of a penalty fine, which can be adjusted by the government without the need to pass new legislation.
- Civil penalty
- pay the penaltyTo incur negative consequences of one's deeds; to suffer as a result of some choice.
- penalty areaAn area of a pitch or field, inside which a penalty is given to the offensive team if a foul is made by the defensive team.
- penalty boxAn enclosed bench where a player must remain for timed period (a penalty) that is assessed after an infraction.
- penalty goalA goal scored from a penalty.
- penalty shootoutA series of penalties (penalty kicks in soccer), taken to decide a winner after a game has resulted in a tie and extra time has been played.
- paid the penaltysimple past and past participle of pay the penalty
- penalty unitAn amount of money, used as a basis of a penalty fine, which can be adjusted by the government without the need to pass new legislation.
- penalty arcAn arc whose center is the penalty spot, extending from the top of the penalty area.
- penalty cornera particular penalty awarded against the defending team in certain circumstances
- penalty tryAn awarding of seven points (equivalent to scoring a try + conversion) to a team whose opponents have prevented, by misconduct, a try being scored.
- penalty killAn effort by a penalized team to nullify a penalty and opponent's power play, a length of time during the game when a penalized team has one or more players in the penalty box.
- penalty rateA mandated minimum rate of pay which is higher than the usual minimum wage, paid to an employee when working on weekends, public holidays, overtime, late night shifts or early morning shifts.
- pays the penaltythird-person singular simple present indicative of pay the penalty: To incur negative consequences of one's deeds; to suffer as a result of some choice.
- penalty shotA penalty awarded when a team loses a clear scoring opportunity on a breakaway because of a foul committed by an opposing player. A player from the non-offending team is given an attempt to score a goal without opposition from any …
- penalty marka small white spot, painted on the grass, twelve yards in front of the centre of the goal line, from which all penalty kicks are taken
- prepayment penaltyAn additional fee charged for paying off part of or the entirety of a loan ahead of the scheduled due date in order to compensate for the loss of interest income suffered by the creditor in such case.
- penalty throwA free throw taken by an attacker from 7 metres away, defended by the goalkeeper.
- marriage penaltyA situation where a married couple pays more in taxes, typically income taxes, when filing jointly, than the two individuals would pay if filing as singles separately.
- match penaltyThe situation where a player is sent off for the rest of the game, owing to some serious offense.
- minor penaltyA penalty sending the offending player to the penalty box for two minutes or (after the 1955–1956 season) the next score by the opposing team.
Compound words 2
- PessiLionel Messi.
- counterpenaltyA penalty proposed as an alternative to another penalty, as by the defendant in ancient Athenian law.