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Meaning of fines

noun

Fine champagne; French brandy.
(usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles. Example: They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.

verb

To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify. Example: to fine gold
To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc. Example: to fine the soil
To change by fine gradations. Example: to fine down a ship's lines, i.e. to diminish her lines gradually
To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.

noun

A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law. Example: The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years.

verb

To issue a fine as punishment to (someone). Example: She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed.
To pay a fine.

noun

The end of a musical composition.
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.

noun

End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
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.

Source: Free Dictionary API.

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