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| fine [ fīn ] |
noun (plural fines) |
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cash paid as punishment: a sum of money that somebody is ordered to pay for breaking a law or rule
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transitive verb (past and past participle fined, present participle fin·ing, 3rd person present singular fines) |
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punish by imposing a payment: to take a fixed amount of money from somebody who has broken a law or a rule
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| [13th century. Via French fin< Latin finis "end," in medieval Latin a sum to be paid on completion of legal proceedings] |
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  fin·a·ble adjective |
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