fee tail

noun

See under fee(def 4a).

Words nearby fee tail

fedin, fedn., fedora, fee, fee simple, fee tail, fee-for-service, fee-splitting, feeb, feeble, feeble-minded

Origin of fee tail

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French

Definition for fee tail (2 of 2)

fee

[ fee ]

/ fi /

noun

a charge or payment for professional services: a doctor's fee.

a sum paid or charged for a privilege: an admission fee.

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

Law.

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

a gratuity; tip.

verb (used with object), feed, fee·ing.

to give a fee to.

Chiefly Scot. to hire; employ.

Origin of fee

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

SYNONYMS FOR fee

1 stipend, salary, emolument; honorarium.

OTHER WORDS FROM fee

fee·less, adjectiveo·ver·fee, nounsu·per·fee, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for fee tail (1 of 2)

fee

/ (fiː) /

noun

a payment asked by professional people or public servants for their servicesa doctor's fee; school fees

a charge made for a privilegean entrance fee

property law

an interest in land capable of being inheritedSee fee simple, fee tail
the land held in fee

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

an obsolete word for a gratuity

in fee

law (of land) in absolute ownership
archaic in complete subjection

verb fees, feeing or feed

rare to give a fee to

mainly Scot to hire for a fee

Derived forms of fee

feeless, adjective

Word Origin for fee

C14: from Old French fie, of Germanic origin; see fief

British Dictionary definitions for fee tail (2 of 2)

fee tail

noun

property law

a freehold interest in land restricted to a particular line of heirs
an estate in land subject to such restrictionCompare fee simple

Word Origin for fee tail

C15: from Anglo-French fee tailé fee (or fief) determined, from taillier to cut

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fee tail

noun

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Origin of fee tail

Definition for fee tail (2 of 2)

noun

verb (used with object), feed, fee·ing.

Origin of fee

SYNONYMS FOR fee

OTHER WORDS FROM fee

British Dictionary definitions for fee tail (1 of 2)

noun

verb fees, feeing or feed

Derived forms of fee

Word Origin for fee

British Dictionary definitions for fee tail (2 of 2)

noun

Word Origin for fee tail