finable

or fine·a·ble

[ fahy-nuh-buhl ]

/ ˈfaɪ nə bəl /

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adjective

subject to a fine; punishable by a fine.

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Origin of finable

First recorded in 1475–85; fine² + -able

OTHER WORDS FROM finable

fin·a·ble·ness, nounun·fin·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby finable

fimbriation, fimbrillate, fimbriocele, fimicolous, fin, finable, finagle, final, final cause, final cut, finale

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How to use finable in a sentence

In five red zones, businesses were ordered shut and mass gatherings were made a finable offense.
New York’s block-by-block lockdowns are curbing covid-19. But residents aren’t pleased.|Ben Guarino|November 8, 2020|Washington Post
Cleve gathered up his reins, and nodding to Mr. Frank Belmar, drove at a finable rate up the avenue and through the park.
Winter Evening Tales|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
In Christian Connecticut, for a man to have a sprig of holly in his house on Christmas day was a finable crime.
The Truth About Jesus is He a Myth?|M. M. Mangasarian
In this country it has been made a finable offence to permit the Canada thistle to perfect its seeds.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865|Various

British Dictionary definitions for finable

finable

fineable

/ (ˈfaɪnəbəl) /

adjective

liable to a fine

Derived forms of finable

finableness or fineableness, noun

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