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fee

fee

729 1.0
Money paid for a service or right
  • noun
  • /fi/
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  • 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
755 2.3

An amount of money paid for a service

is payment used for a particular service or specific privilege
small fee
vsfee
9 1.0

A small extra payment you give to use a service

is a general payment not emphasizing small amount
service fee
vsfee
3 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
2 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

32 3.8

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

17 4.9

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

10 3.1

An extra charge you pay when a payment is late

9 1.0

A small extra payment you give to use a service

8 1.6

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

licensing fee
  • Formal
5 3.4

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

4 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

3 2.8

Money paid for study at a college or university

3 2.7

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

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

9.9

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

fee splitting
  • Formal
6.1

Giving part of a fee to someone who refers a client

fee tail
  • Archaic
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
3 2.8
price
1.0
charge
755 2.3
fee
729 1.0
small fee
9 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.