Home › Words › S › samansaman/ˈsaman/saman means A fine; a monetary penalty imposed for breaking the law.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, saman ranks #13,888 of 42,762 for Qualifying.saman is pronounced /ˈsaman/.EtymologyBorrowed from Malay saman (“fine, financial penalty”), from English summons. Doublet of summons.nounA fine; a monetary penalty imposed for breaking the law.e.g.“I pass thru this gantry at ecp without cashcard. why do i kena saman till $70?” — 2007 December 17, Jonnykato, “ERP Question”, in singaporebikes.com, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2017:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.amende 69% match — A monetary punishment; a fine. vs saman →amercement 58% match — A non-statutory monetary penalty or forfeiture, usually applied at the discretion of a court. vs saman →finable 57% match — Punishable by a fine. vs saman →fineable 56% match — For which a fine can be levied vs saman →amerce 55% match — To impose a fine on; to fine. vs saman →mercement 54% match — An amercement, a punishment. vs saman →mundbyrd 53% match — A fine paid for violation of a mund vs saman →kinbote 52% match — A fine paid to the kin of the victim of a crime. vs saman →