fee

American  

[fee] / fi /

noun

1. a charge or payment for professional services.

   a doctor's fee.

   Synonyms:

   honorarium, emolument, salary, stipend

2. a sum paid or charged for a privilege.

   an admission fee.

3. a charge allowed by law for the service of a public officer.

4. Law.

   1. an estate of inheritance in land, either absolute and without limitation to any particular class of heirs fee simple or limited to a particular class of heirs fee tail.

   2. an inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the performing of certain services.

   3. a territory held in fee.

5. a gratuity; tip.

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verb (used with object)

feed, feeing

1. to give a fee to.

2. Chiefly Scot. to hire; employ.

fee British  

/ fiː /

noun

1. a payment asked by professional people or public servants for their services

   a doctor's fee

   school fees

2. a charge made for a privilege

   an entrance fee

3. property law

   1. an interest in land capable of being inherited See fee simple fee tail

   2. the land held in fee

4. (in feudal Europe) the land granted by a lord to his vassal

5. an obsolete word for a gratuity

6. 1. law (of land) in absolute ownership

   2. archaic in complete subjection

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verb

1. rare to give a fee to

2. to hire for a fee

Other Word Forms

• feeless adjective
• overfee noun
• superfee noun

Etymology

Origin of fee

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French fie, variant of fief fief. See feudal

Example Sentences

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The union is expected to propose what has been called the Tilly tax, a fee that studios would have to pay to the union in exchange for using an AI actor.

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The performance of the existing Pershing Square closed-end fund could mean little or no incentive fee income this year for Ackman’s management company if returns don’t reverse meaningfully.

From Barron's

But instead of the full payout, Kalshi reimbursed fees and paid the traders based on where the odds were when the market closed.

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