Definition

/faɪnz/

noun

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

verb

To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
“to fine gold”
To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
“to fine the soil”
To change by fine gradations.
“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.
“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).
“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.

verb