finder's fee

American  

[fahyn-derz fee] / ˈfaɪn dərz ˈfi /

noun

Business.

• finders' fees
  plural

1. a fee paid to a finder or agent who initiates a business transaction, usually a percentage of the money earned.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• finders' fees
  plural

Etymology

Origin of finder's fee

First recorded in 1840–45

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

finder's fee

Do you feel like you should get a finder’s fee?

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

Solving the mystery is not his only goal - he had hoped to earn a finder’s fee from the potential recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gold.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 18, 2023

But Zampolli said he was never paid a finder’s fee.

From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2022

Supermarket chain Lidl has said it will pay a finder's fee to anyone who can find a suitable site for a new store as it targets 1,100 sites by 2025.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2022

He leaned over to the side window and pleaded, “Perhaps we can work out some sort of finder’s fee for you and your wife.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti