A traffic cop stopped John and gave him a fine/ticket for speeding.

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00Strictly speaking, police officers do not give fines; they only issue tickets (citations). The court fines the offender.02br
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0I have no doubt ticket is correct. But I think fine is correct as well.02br
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01b00 02b00A sum of money required to be paid as a penalty for an offense.02br
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00MM, so I wonder, what's your meaning of strictly speaking?0-

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00We should not give money to the police officer. In careful English, 01i00fine02i00 is wrong.0-

0MM, that's a good point. I notice in your earlier example, you used 'the court' instead of 'the judge' which is consistent with your reply. Just to really make sure I get this right, saying "The judge fined the offender" is not correct/natural, strictly speaking, am I right?0-

0 The judge usually decides the amount of a fine to be paid, so in a sense the judge fines the person who committed the offence. The fine is issued by the court.02br
00In some countries, the receipt of a ticket will result in a "fixed-penalty" fine. So if I am stopped by the police, they will give me a ticket. I do not have to go to court, unless I dispute the ticket. I simply pay th

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01cite10optilang12cite10 So, although the police have issued a ticket, they have in effect issued a fine. The fine is not paid to the police at the time of receiving the ticket, but must be paid to the authorities within a certain number of days. 12br
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0Hi 01b00Angliholic,02b02br
00Mr. Micawber00 00is right. A fine in the 010200 means the amount of money paid as penalty. A ticket00 00(more correctly known as citation) could be looked at as a transaction invoice which the violator must sign to acknowledge whatever the violations the cop decided to charge him with

0When I was stopped by the police in the country where I reside, the policeman was able to decide the amount of the fine, within a given range. He wrote this amount on the ticket, together with the number of points to be added to my licence. He then gave me the ticket, and I had 7 days to pay the fine.02br
00So he gave me a fine and a ticket at the same time. 0-

0But you didn't pay the fine on the spot so the country you reside in must not be one of those 3rd world variety I described. 02img0-

0No I didn't pay the fine on the spot, but I was fined on the spot. 050010id6