legal fee
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈliːɡəl fiː/
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honorario
- I know this may be a bad time right now, but you owe me $32,000 in legal fees.
- legal fees and costs
- pay the legal fees
- payment of legal fees
But he's recently, he's recently launched A GoFundMe campaign where he's raising money for his legal fees to help get him back out.
- But he's recently, he's recently launched A GoFundMe campaign where he's raising money for his legal fees to help get him back out.
- And oh God, this can save you thousands of dollars in legal fees and also in human hours proofreading.
- And I said, OK, well, I want to help people with legal fees because most legal fees, most people don't even think about it if they have money.
- So we tend not to cap our legal fees if we, if we can help it just because we're not in control of the you know what, what number that hits.
- But if the doctor loses and you win, you get your legal fees covered.
- So obviously that from a practical point of view, because my legal fees were massive, so it really did impact me.
- Some people will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on legal fees and divorces.
Examples
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I had to sell mine to pay my legal fees.
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Of course, the plaintiff wanted his medical bills and legal fees paid.
Academic text (2003) -
So obviously that from a practical point of view, because my legal fees were massive, so it really did impact me.
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You know, save some time, save some legal fees.
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I'll pay your legal fees.
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After months and some $2,000 in legal fees, you might get it back.
Blog text (6) -
Well, our organization will cover all legal fees, so none of you will ever have to pay a penny.
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Some people will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on legal fees and divorces.
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After five years of court battles and $250,000 in legal fees, Fuller finally gave up the fight.
Blog text (14) -
Do you have any idea how much money we're going to spend on legal fees?
Synonyms
729
1.0
Money paid for a service or right
How High
32
3.8
1
4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning an amount of money paid to a lawyer or law firm for professional legal services is directly and transparently derived from combining legal (pertaining to law) with fee (a sum paid for a service). This modifier+noun composition is a regular, compositional pattern in English and in many other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Legal fee comes from a simple image: legal means 'about lawyers or the law' and fee means 'a payment'. Imagine handing money to a lawyer for help, and you have the origin — that's why it now means 'a payment to a lawyer for legal services'.