finable

or fine·a·ble

[fahy-nuh-buh l]

adjective

subject to a fine; punishable by a fine.

Origin of finable

First recorded in 1475–85; fine² + -able

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

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Examples from the Web for finable

Historical Examples of finable

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
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

British Dictionary definitions for finable

finable

fineable

adjective

liable to a fine

Derived Formsfinableness or fineableness, noun

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