pay a fine

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• fine — 1 n [Anglo French fin fine & Medieval Latin finis end, boundary, agreement, payment for release or privilege, monetary penalty, from Latin finis end, boundary] 1: a sum imposed as punishment for an offense compare restitution 2: a forfeiture or… …   Law dictionary

• Fine — Fine, v. i. To pay a fine. See {Fine}, n., 3 (b) . [R.] [1913 Webster] Men fined for the king s good will; or that he would remit his anger; women fined for leave to marry. Hallam. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pay the penalty — pay a fine, endure, receive punishment    He paid the penalty for his laziness: failure …   English idioms

• fine — ▪ I. fine fine 1 [faɪn] noun [countable] LAW money that someone has to pay as a punishment: • He served 22 months in jail and paid a $100 million fine to settle insider trading charges. • If convicted, they face heavy fines. • She was ordered to …   Financial and business terms

• fine — fine1 W1S1 [faın] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(acceptable)¦ 2¦(healthy)¦ 3¦(very good)¦ 4¦(weather)¦ 5¦(narrow)¦ 6¦(delicate)¦ 7¦(small)¦ 8¦(bad)¦ 9¦(speech/words)¦ 10 a fine man/woman etc …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Fine (penalty) — A fine is money paid usually to superior authority, usually governmental authority, as punishment for a crime or other offence. The fine bill for violation of traffic law in Czech Republic The most usual use of the term, fine, relates to a… …   Wikipedia

• fine — I adj. fine to + inf. (it s fine to reduce taxes, but the deficit will be increased) II n. 1) to impose, levy a fine on smb. 2) (colloq.) to slap a fine on smb. 3) to pay a fine 4) a heavy, stiff fine 5) a mandatory fine 6) a fine for (a fine for …   Combinatory dictionary

• fine — sb. == end. RG. 413 v. n. == cease. 129 B. v. a. == pay a fine. RG. 528, 511 …   Oldest English Words

• fine — [adj1] excellent, masterly accomplished, aces*, admirable, attractive, beautiful, capital, choice, cool*, crack*, dandy*, elegant, enjoyable, exceptional, expensive, exquisite, fashionable, first class, first rate, first string, five star*, gilt… …   New thesaurus

• Pay to Play — can refer to several different concepts.In politicsIn politics, pay to play refers to a system, akin to payola in the music industry, by which one pays (or must pay) money in order to become a player. The common denominator of all forms of pay to …   Wikipedia

• pay your respects — pay (your) respects to express your admiration or friendly feeling for someone. First I paid my respects to her parents and then went into to town to see some other people. Fans waited in the cold to pay their final respects to this fine athlete …   New idioms dictionary