entrance fee
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈɛntrəns fi/
:
tarifa de entrada
- To visit the museum, you must pay an entrance fee of $15.
- pay an entrance fee
You'd think that this would be like a major attraction with like an entrance fee, but just casual.
- You'd think that this would be like a major attraction with like an entrance fee, but just casual.
Examples
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Each bus tour participant is responsible for his own park entrance fee, and it is recommended that each participant consider the options available for park admission.
Academic text (2009) -
That will be a $10 entrance fee.
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All it takes is an entrance fee.
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For this reason, the entrance fee for each team has been set at $1 million per team.
Academic text (2012) -
So I walked down Main Street and paid my two-dollar entrance fee like everyone else.
Fiction book (2000) -
Ylith went in the direction indicated and, after paying her entrance fee, was allowed onto the path.
Fiction book (1991) -
In 2006, the park put $1.2 million from visitor entrance fees toward surveying and protecting the nine most endangered sites along the river.
Academic text (2009) -
The entrance fee for the concert was included in the ticket price.
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Children under 12 pay a reduced entrance fee of only $5.
Synonyms
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1.0
Money paid for a service or right
127
2.7
A charge for entering a place like a museum or concert
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2.5
Money you pay to enter a place or event
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2.4
Money you pay to enter a place or event
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1.6
Money you must pay to enter a place or event
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2.5
A fee you pay to enter a place or event
Money you pay to get into an event or place
How Much
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1.6
11
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a sum of money paid for admission' is directly compositional from 'entrance' (admission) + 'fee' (payment); the noun+noun compounding 'X fee' is a regular, productive pattern in English and is easily inferable. Similar constructions exist in many languages (e.g. Spanish 'entrada' + 'precio/tasa'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand this MWE.
Etymology
The noun entrance fee comes from a simple picture: at a gate or door you pay money to go in, so the entrance is the place to enter and the fee is the money you give. So it means 'a sum of money paid for admission'.