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

Airlines are raising fares, adding fees and cutting routes to offset surging jet-fuel costs caused by the war with Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal

After the S-1 and the IPO roadshow, investment bankers gauge demand, price the stock, and sell it to interested parties, delivering the cash to the company, less fees, of course.

From Barron's

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From Los Angeles Times

At an event on Tuesday, Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke said that Iran’s ambassador to Malaysia had guaranteed tankers of the Southeast Asian country can transit the key energy shipping route without paying a fee.

From The Wall Street Journal

The proposal aims to shield plans from Erisa liability, if they carefully consider a private manager’s performance, fees, liquidity, and valuation practices.

From Barron's

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