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  1. adjective Of superior quality, skill, or appearance: a fine day; a fine writer.
  2. adjective Very small in size, weight, or thickness: fine type; fine paper.
  3. adjective Free from impurities.
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  • The trouble, it seems, is that according to some organisations - such as US immigration authorities - payment of such a fine is an admission of guilt. —  Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk
  • This will see him out of action for most of September and October, although the fine is a mere drop in the ocean for someone who is thought to earn £50,000 a week. —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
  • A short time later, the ECB said it would withdraw up to 220 billion euros (305 billion dollars) from eurozone money markets at its benchmark rate of 4.25 percent in what it calls a fine-tuning operation. —  EUnews
  • Doug McBride, spokesman for the Texas Department of State Health Services, said the fine was the largest ever levied by the department and needed to be done regardless of the bankruptcy filing. —  chron.com Chronicle
  • Spokesman Doug McBride said the fine was the largest ever levied by the department. —  WSBTV.com - Local News
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  1. Middle English fin, from Old French, from Latin fīnis, end, supreme degree.
  2. Middle English fin, from Old French, settlement, compensation, from Medieval Latin fīnis, from Latin, end.
  3. Italian, from Latin fīnis, end.

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  1. from Middle English fin, fyn, end, the end of life, a payment in settlement, a fine, from Old French fin, French fin = Provencal fin, fi = Spanish fin = Portuguese fim = Italian fine, from Latin fīnis, limit, boundary, end, Middle Latin also a payment in supplement, a fine, orig. *fidnis, literally a parting (hence edge, limit, end), from findere (√ fid), cleave, separate, = English bite: see bite, and cf. fent, fission, fissure, etc., from the same ult. root. Hence ult. (from Latin finis) fine, fine, finite, finish, etc.
  2. from Middle English finen, pay a fine: see fine, n. The literally sense (expressed in Middle English by finisshen, finchen: see finish) appears in Old French finir, finer, French finir, etc., from Latin finire, end: see finish.
  3. from Middle English fin, fyn, fine = Dutch fijn = Middle Low German fīn, phīn = Middle High German rīn, fīn, German fein = Icelandic fīnn = Swedish fin = Danish fin, from Old French fin = Provencal fin = Spanish Portuguese Italian fino, fine, minute, exact (Middle Latin finus, fine, pure, perfect), prob. (with shifting of accent and contraction) from Latin finītus, literally finished (used as an adjective by Cicero, of words, well rounded), past participle of finīre, limit, bound, define, terminate, finish, from finis, a limit, end: see fine, and cf. finite, finish.
  4. from Middle English finen (= Middle High German fīnen = Icelandic fīna), refine, purify, from fin, fine, fine, pure: see fine, a. Cf. affine and refine.
  5. from fine, a.
  6. Italian, end, = English fine.
 

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