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Raregavel
The correct spelling is gavel.
How to pronounce gavel
/ˈɡa.vəl/
nounIPA: /ˈɡa.vəl/
Say it like: Gav-el
The correct spelling is gavel. Rent. For example: "The judge gavelled for order in the courtroom after the defendant burst out with a confession."
Usage Examples
“The judge gavelled for order in the courtroom after the defendant burst out with a confession.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Rent.
- 2.Usury; interest on money.
- 3.An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder's death, to all the sons equally.
- 4.A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction.
- 5.(metonymically) The legal system as a whole.
verb
- 1.To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.
- 2.To use a gavel.
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