# fines

Pronunciation: say "FYNZ" /faɪnz/

## Noun

1. Plural of fine. — plural of fine
   - Simple: Plural of fine. Use this when talking about more than one money penalty.
   - _Drivers who run red lights face steep fines._
   - _The court waived the unpaid fines after she completed community service._
3. The smallest particles of a material, whether or not they are suspended in the air.
   - Simple: The very small bits of a material, like dust or powder, whether or not they float in the air.
   - _Washing the gravel removed most of the fines clinging to each stone._
   - _Operators wore masks because the grinding released clouds of fines._
4. The small particles of cereal that collect at the bottom of a cereal box.
   - Simple: The tiny broken bits of cereal that gather at the bottom of the box.
   - _By the end of the week only fines were left in the box._
   - _He shook the fines onto his yogurt rather than throw them out._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of fine. — third-person singular simple present indicative of fine
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of fine. Use it with he, she, or it for charging a penalty now.
   - _The city fines residents who fail to shovel their sidewalks._
   - _The league fines any coach who criticizes the officials publicly._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/fines (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).