fines
Meaning of fines
plural noun
very small particles found in mining, milling, etc.
verb, 3rd person present- clarify (beer or wine) by causing the precipitation of sediment during production.
- make or become thinner.
she'd certainly fined down —her face was thinner
- (of the weather) become bright and clear.
Middle English: from Old French fin, based on Latin finire ‘to finish’ (see finish).
plural noun- a sum of money exacted as a penalty by a court of law or other authority.
a parking fine
- punish (someone) for an illegal or illicit act by making them pay a sum of money.
she was fined £1500 for driving offences
Middle English: from Old French fin ‘end, payment’, from Latin finis ‘end’ (in medieval Latin denoting a sum paid on settling a lawsuit). The original sense was ‘conclusion’ (surviving in the phrase in fine); also used in the medieval Latin sense, the word came to denote a penalty of any kind, later specifically a monetary penalty.
plural noun
(in musical directions) the place where a piece of music finishes (when this is not at the end of the score but at the end of an earlier section which is repeated at the end of the piece).
Italian, from Latin finis ‘end’.
Information about fines
- The singular form of fines is: fine.
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CatalanHyphenation of fines
fines
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- fines is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
fines synonyms
Meaning melt (butter) in order to separate out the water and milk solids:
Meaning remove an obstruction or unwanted item or items from:
Meaning remove contaminants from:
Meaning remove impurities or unwanted elements from (a substance), typically as part of an industrial process:
Meaning pass (a liquid, gas, light, or sound) through a device to remove unwanted material:
Meaning make or become less dense, crowded, or numerous:
Meaning become or make less wide:
Meaning diminish or reduce in thickness towards one end:
Meaning reduce the force, effect, or value of:
Meaning make narrower, especially by encircling pressure:
Meaning make or become narrow:
Meaning the infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offence:
Meaning a fine or penalty for wrongdoing:
Meaning the loss or giving up of something as a penalty for wrongdoing:
Meaning a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule:
Meaning a punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule, or contract:
Meaning a payment made to a professional person or to a professional or public body in exchange for advice or services:
Meaning a price asked for goods or services:
Meaning punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance for wrongdoing:
Meaning physical harm that impairs the value, usefulness, or normal function of something:
Meaning a fine or compulsory payment:
Meaning a fine:
Meaning subject to a penalty or punishment:
Meaning wound or pierce with a sting:
Meaning punish with a fine:
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