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fine
adjective as in excellent, masterly
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accomplished, admirable, attractive, beautiful, cool, elegant, exceptional, expensive, exquisite, fashionable, first-rate, great, handsome, lovely, magnificent, neat, outstanding, pleasant, rare, refined, smart, solid, splendid, striking, subtle, superior, well-made
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enjoyable, first-class, first-string, five-star, gilt-edged, gnarly, good-looking, not too shabby, ornate, showy, skillful, supreme, top-notch, unreal, wicked
adjective as in cloudless, sunny
adjective as in dainty, delicate; sheer
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flimsy, gossamer, light, lightweight, little, loose, minute, powdered, pulverized, quality
Weak matches
diaphanous, ethereal, filmy, fine-drawn, fine-grained, fine-spun, fragile, gauzy, gossamery, granular, impalpable, porous, powdery, threadlike, transparent
adjective as in discriminating, exact
noun as in penalty in money
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amends, amercement, assessment, damages, forfeit, mulct, reparation, rip
verb as in penalize in monetary way
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hit with, make pay, pay through the nose, slap with, throw book at
Example Sentences
This plan would see 25% of their debts written off and more than £4bn of new cash injected, but will require years of leniency on fines for pollution incidents.
In 2003, the company was found to have defrauded Medicare and had to pay $1.7 billion, then the largest fine in U.S. history.
Professionally, he worked as a fine artist and his personal artwork collection was stored in his apartment.
The law gives the EU the power to impose fines of up to 10 percent of a company's total global turnover.
It can order businesses to pay compensation to affected customers, and fine companies up to 10% of global turnover.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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