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financial obligation
  • n  an obligation to pay money to another party
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fin
  • n  the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
  • n  one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
  • n  one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
  • n  a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
  • n  a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish
  • n  organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
  • v  equip (a car) with fins
  • v  propel oneself through the water in a finning motion
  • v  show the fins above the water while swimming
    The sharks were finning near the surface
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fin keel
  • n  a metal plate projecting from the keel of a shallow vessel to give it greater lateral stability
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fin whale
  • n  large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
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final cause
  • n  (philosophy) the end or purpose of a thing or process
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final cut
  • n  the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer
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final decision
  • n  a judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment
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