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fine [ fīn ]


noun  (plural fines)
Definition:
 
cash paid as punishment: a sum of money that somebody is ordered to pay for breaking a law or rule



transitive verb  (past and past participle fined, present participle fin·ing, 3rd person present singular fines)
Definition:
 
punish by imposing a payment: to take a fixed amount of money from somebody who has broken a law or a rule

[13th century. Via French fin< Latin finis "end," in medieval Latin a sum to be paid on completion of legal proceedings]

fin·a·ble adjective
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