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fee
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noun
verb (used with object), feed, fee·ing.
to give a fee to.
Chiefly Scot. to hire; employ.
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Origin of fee
OTHER WORDS FROM fee
feeless, adjectiveo·ver·fee, nounsu·per·fee, nounWords nearby fee
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British Dictionary definitions for fee
fee
/ (fiË) /
noun
verb fees, feeing or feed
rare to give a fee to
mainly Scot to hire for a fee
Derived forms of fee
feeless, adjectiveWord Origin for fee
C14: from Old French fie, of Germanic origin; see fief
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