FINE

n. & v. --n. 1 a sum of money exacted as a penalty. 2 hist. a sum of money paid by an incoming tenant in return for the rent's being small. --v.tr. punish by a fine (fined him ø5). øin fine to sum up; in short. øøfinable adj. [ME f. OF fin f. med.L finis sum paid on settling a lawsuit f. L finis end]