penalty point
1penalty point — UK US noun [countable] [singular penalty point plural penalty points] british an official note made on your driving licence because you have done something wrong while driving …
2penalty point — penalty .point n BrE a note made on a driver s ↑licence to show that they have done something wrong while they were driving. If someone gets 12 penalty points they are no longer allowed to drive a car …
3penalty point — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms penalty point : singular penalty point plural penalty points British an official note made on your driving licence because you have done something wrong while driving …
4penalty point — See faults …
5penalty point — noun a punishment awarded by the courts for a driving offence and recorded cumulatively on a person s driving licence …
6penalty point — noun (C) BrE a note made on a driver s licence to show that they have done something wrong while they were driving …
7point — 1. point [ pwɛ̃ ] n. m. • 1175 « endroit, moment »; lat. punctum « piqûre », de pungere → poindre I ♦ A ♦ Portion de l espace déterminée avec précision. 1 ♦ Endroit, lieu. En divers, en plusieurs points. « il relevait la tête et fixait son regard …
8penalty — An elastic term with many different shades of meaning; it involves idea of punishment, corporeal or pecuniary, or civil or criminal, although its meaning is generally confined to pecuniary punishment. Allied v. Graves, 261 N.C. 31, 134 S.E.2d 186 …
9Penalty shootout (association football) — Penalty shootouts, properly named kicks from the penalty mark, are a method sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament (or wins the tournament) following a draw in a game of football. Kicks during a shootout… …
10penalty — [ penalti ] n. m. • 1898; mot angl. « pénalisation », même rac. que pénal ♦ Sport Faute grave commise par un footballeur dans la surface de réparation de son camp. L arbitre a sifflé le penalty. Il y a penalty. ♢ Coup de pied tiré de l intérieur… …