"FIN" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: FINs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} FIN (plural FINs)
  1. (telecommunications, US) Initialism of facility ID number. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: facility ID number
    Sense id: en-FIN-en-noun-Ow0iRKRd Categories (other): American English, Telecommunications, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 29 26 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 48 22 25 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 25 34 3 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
  2. (law enforcement, UK) Initialism of force identification number. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: force identification number
    Sense id: en-FIN-en-noun-sV~NRXjn Categories (other): British English, Law enforcement, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 25 34 3 Topics: government, law-enforcement

Inflected forms

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