fines
Money for violations
Fines are monetary penalties imposed for violations—parking fines, library fines, court-ordered fines.
To fine someone is to impose such a penalty: The company was fined for environmental violations.
Separately, fines are very small particles—the powdery residue left after processing ore, grain, or coffee grounds.
Punishment for wrongdoing
- ticketEntry permit slip
- violationBreaking of rules
- citationMention of a source
- infractionMinor rule breach
sanction · fee · charge · summons · parking · speeding · traffic · overdue
Wages for work
- settleReach final terms
- contestOrganized competitive event
- appealFormal review request
- waiveVoluntarily give up entitlement
reduce · collect · impose · issue · incur · accumulate · outstanding · unpaid
Particles settling in liquid
- dustFine settled particles
- powderFine dry particles
- siltWaterborne earth particles
- residueMatter left behind
particulate · granule · mesh · sieve · filtration · separation · settling · suspension
Trial venue or sports surface
- judgeOne who decides
- magistrateCivil judicial officer
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
- convictionFirmly held belief
probation · misdemeanor · criminal · civil · administrative · statutory · regulatory · compliance
penalty
Punishment for wrongdoing
infraction · sanction · fee · charge · summons · parking · speeding · traffic · overdue · late
pay
Wages for work
waive · reduce · collect · impose · issue · incur · accumulate · outstanding · unpaid · delinquent
sediment
Particles settling in liquid
residue · particulate · granule · mesh · sieve · filtration · separation · settling · suspension · colloidal
court
Trial venue or sports surface
- judgeOne who decides
- magistrateCivil judicial officer
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
conviction · probation · misdemeanor · criminal · civil · administrative · statutory · regulatory · compliance · violation
- anti-litter effortssigns, bins, cleanup, pickup, campaigns
- penaltiespenalty, civil penalty, criminal penalty, infractions, monetary penalty
- punishespunishes, penalizes, disciplines, chastises, castigates
- Ancient Greek lawSolon, Solonian reforms, ostracism, lawgiver, legal codes
- enforcementenforcement actions, crackdown, enforcement agencies, penalties, clampdown
- government revenuetax revenue, sales tax, income tax, property tax, excise tax
finesimprisonment
Legal detention in jail
incarceration · jail time · prison sentence · acquittal · exoneration
- you're fineDismissive comfort phrase
- fine lineSubtle distinction between things
- everything's fineDismissive reassurance phrase
- fine printMiniature contractual text
- age like a fine wineImprove through aging
- fine diningElegant restaurant experience
fine, finest, define, refined, refine, definition, unrefined, finery, refining