The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.
End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.
Verb
To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin, of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīniō and/or fīnis, with an abstract sense of "fine" or "thin" also arising in many Romance languages (compare Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian fino). fino.
From Middle English fyn, fyne, from Old French fin, from Medieval Latin finis. finis.
From Italian fine. French fin.
From Middle English finen, fynen, from Old French finer, finir. See finish (transitive verb).
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