You rented a car and returned it at the last minute. The car rental company charges $100 for returning cars late. You're telling a friend from work about this. You say.
I would've had to pay a hundred-dollar fine if it had been late.
I would've (done something) if (something had happened)
You use this phrase when you're imagining how things would be different if a certain event had happened differently:
I would have gotten home already if I'd left at 7o'clock.
"Would've" is a shortened version of "would have". "Would've" is common in casual spoken English.
a (number)-dollar (thing)
When you're talking about an item and want to say how much it costs or is worth, you can say that it is "a ___-dollar ___". This is a similar expression to "an 8-hour drive". Like that example, you should be careful to say and write:
He says he bought a 90-dollar tie.
Not "He says he bought a0 9-dollars pie."
pay a fine
A "fine" is money that you have to pay because you did something wrong. For example, banks make you "pay a fine" if you try to take out more money than you actually have in your account.
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