forfeit

perdre

Perdre un droit, un bien ou une compétition pour avoir enfreint les règles ou ne pas avoir participé.

En anglais simple : To lose a right or possession, or lose a competition, because you break rules or fail to participate.

• You will forfeit your deposit.
• The team forfeited the match because too few players arrived.
• Breaking these rules could mean forfeiting your right to enter.

Comment l'utiliser : forfeit something (Late cancellation means you forfeit your payment.)

Synonymes : lose, surrender

Expressions courantes : forfeit a deposit, forfeit a match, forfeit your right, forfeit your chance

pénalité, amende

Ce qu’on doit payer ou abandonner pour avoir enfreint une règle ou une loi.

En anglais simple : Something you must pay or give up because you broke a rule or law.

• The loser must pay a forfeit.
• His deposit became the forfeit for breaking the agreement.
• Players who break the rules face a small forfeit.

Comment l'utiliser : a forfeit for something (The payment was a forfeit for breaking the rules.)

Synonymes : penalty, fine

Expressions courantes : pay a forfeit, a heavy forfeit, forfeit for something, pay the forfeit