Recent Examples on the WebThe people who found the fox handled it with bare hands, and the center warned that this put both the finder and the animal in danger.—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2024 In extra time — because this night needed that, of course — Smith slipped behind the defense to chip a net finder past Sheridan.—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024 The best way to find 99 Cents Only Stores in your area is to use the company's store finder on their website, https://locations.99only.com/.
In Arizona, there are approximately 39 locations.—The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024 Each hidden egg is then numbered, with the corresponding scratch-offs going to the finder.—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2024 By the middle of the week, Howard told me to offer Gutierrez $150,000, with a $25,000 finder’s fee to my go-between — an extraordinary amount of money.—Lachlan Cartwright, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024 Technology continues to develop at a rapid pace, giving us more intuitive and user-friendly plan finders and enrollment tools to quickly present the most cost-effective solutions.—Robert W. Bache, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 To find a clinic, use the Low Income Taxpayer Clinics finder at taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov.—Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024 Once sold, Needham will split the finder’s fee with the landowner.—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
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: a small telescope attached to a larger one for finding an object
b
: a device on a camera that shows the view being photographed by the camera
Legal Definition
finder
noun
find·er
1
: one that finds
the finder of lost property has a right to it as against the world, except against the true owner—McDonald v. Railway Express Agency, 81 S.E.2d 525 (1954)
2
: one that for a fee discovers a financial opportunity, passes it on to another, and may act as a go-between for but does not participate in subsequent negotiations between the involved parties compare broker
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