Meaning

10 senses
  1. Fine champagne; French brandy.

  2. (usually plural)Something that is fine; fine particles.

    They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.

  3. A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.

    The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years.

    Geldstrafe, Buße, Geldbuße

    штрафštraf, пе́няpénja, взыска́ниеvzyskánije

    штрафštraf, пеня́penjá

  4. A drink that must be taken during a meal or as part of a drinking game, following an announcement that anyone who has done some (usually outrageous) deed is to be fined; similar to I have never; commonly associated with swaps; very similar to a sconce at Oxford University, though a fine is the penalty itself rather than the act of issuing it.

    Fine if you've…

  5. The end of a musical composition.

  6. The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.

  7. A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.

  8. (UK)A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.

  9. (obsolete)Money paid by a tenant on the commencement of a tenancy so that their rent may be small or nominal.

  10. (obsolete)End; conclusion; termination; extinction.

More definitions
  • money extracted as a penalty

Examples

2383 sentences
  1. I hope it'll be fine tomorrow.

    Сподіваюся, що завтра буде добра погода. — deniko

    ruНадеюсь, завтра будет хорошая погода. — odexed

    deHoffentlich wird es morgen heiter. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom is going to be fine.

    З Томом усе буде гаразд. — deniko

    deTom wird es gut gehen. — Felixjp

  3. I'm sure everything will be fine.

    Я певна, що все буде гаразд. — deniko

    ruУверен, всё будет хорошо. — odexed

  4. Tom will be fine, won't he?

    З Томом усе буде гаразд, правда? — deniko

    ruС Томом всё будет в порядке, правда? — marafon

  5. Tom and Mary are doing fine.

    У Тома та Мері все добре. — deniko

    ruУ Тома и Мэри всё в порядке. — marafon

    deTom und Maria geht es gut. — pne

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
payment for breaking the law:
Русский
By meaning 1
payment for breaking the law:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
payment for breaking the law:

Origin

From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure orig

From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino.

From Middle English fyn, fyne, from Old French fin, from Medieval Latin fīnis (“a payment in settlement or tax”). Doublet of fin and finis.

From Italian fine (“end”). French fin. Doublet of fin and finis.

From Middle English finen, fynen, from Old French finer, finir. See finish (transitive verb).

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Forms

plural: fines
Singularfine
Pluralfines

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • doing doing fine
  • will be fine
  • be fine tomorrow
  • doing just fine
  • to be fine
  • doing fine
  • be fined for
  • fine tomorrow
  • fine line between
  • get along fine
  • everything is fine
  • be just fine

See also

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