fine
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/faɪn/]
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Senses
1. fine (noun) — sense 1
Definition: 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.
Concept: Штраф
2. fine (noun) — sense 2
Definition: Money paid by a tenant on the commencement of a tenancy so that their rent may be small or nominal.
3. fine (noun) — sense 3
Definition: 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.
Example: Fine if you've…
4. fine (verb) — sense 4
Definition: To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
Example: She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed.
5. fine (verb) — sense 5
Definition: To pay a fine.
Example: Men fined for the king's good will; or that he would remit his anger; women fined for leave to marry.
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Polarities
Permission ↔ Prohibition — concept «Штраф»
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