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fee

fee

806 1.0
Money paid for a service or right
  • noun
  • /fi/
: tasa
  • I know this may be a bad time right now, but you owe me $32,000 in legal fees.
  • pay fees
  • charge fees
  • tuition fees

Like like take a flat fee from a wealthy country.

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Examples

  • Some open-access publishers ask for or require such fees as a means to maintain free content.

    Academic text (2017)
  • We'll even pay the application fee.

  • Because the fact is, you know, this is a fee paying environment.

  • And we're also going to pay you a monthly fee in this hand.

  • Give people the money they need for school fees and medication.

  • No hidden fees, no access fees, and no membership fees.

  • So that's where my fee came from.

  • Before you can take the course, you need to pay the tuition fee.

  • He was surprised by the additional fee for the processing of his application.

  • The restaurant charges a small service fee for large parties.

Synonyms

cost
vsfee
∞ 1.0

The amount of money needed to buy or do something

is specifically payment for one service or a privilege rather than purchase
charge
vsfee
267 2.3

An amount of money paid for a service

is payment used for a particular service or specific privilege
small fee
vsfee
16 1.0

A small extra payment you give to use a service

is a general payment not emphasizing small amount
service fee
vsfee
7 2.7

An extra charge added to a bill to pay for staff help

is a payment for any service or privilege, not only added percentages
6 3.2

An extra amount added to a bill to pay for the staff who served you

serves general payment use, not limited to billing percentages

Idioms

in fee
  • Formal
1 9.9

Complete ownership of property so you can sell it or leave it to others

Compounds

31 3.8

Money paid to a lawyer or law firm for help with the law

20 4.9

A payment to someone who introduces two people for a business deal

16 1.0

A small extra payment you give to use a service

13 3.1

An extra charge you pay when a payment is late

10 2.8

Money paid for study at a college or university

8 1.6

An amount of money you pay to enter a place or event

licensing fee
  • Formal
7 3.4

A payment to a government or other official group for permission to do an activity

7 2.7

An extra charge added to a bill to pay for staff help

7 3.1

A payment to the government to allow you to do a job or business legally

A sum of money you pay when you ask to be chosen for something like a job or school

Money you pay to enter a place or event

contingency fee
  • Specialized
2 6.3

A payment to a lawyer only if the client wins the case

1 3.8

A charge paid to use a dock for a boat

fee simple
  • Formal
1 9.8

Full ownership of land without time limit that you can sell or leave to anyone

origination fee
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A fee a lender charges to start a loan to cover processing costs

fee splitting
  • Formal
1 6.1

Giving part of a fee to someone who refers a client

1 9.9

Full ownership of a house or land that you can sell and leave to someone

fee tail
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A way of owning land that passes only to family and cannot be sold

rezoning fee
  • Formal
7.6

A single charge you pay to change land use rules for a property

7.5

A one-time payment that a local government asks to handle a request to change how land can be used

How Large

tuition fee
10 2.8
price
∞ 1.0
charge
267 2.3
fee
806 1.0
small fee
16 1.0

Surface Forms

fee singular
fees plural

Etymology

Fee comes from the old English word feoh meaning 'cattle' or 'property', because animals were once a common form of wealth and payment. So fee now means the money you give for a service.