finder's fee
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of finder's fee
First recorded in 1840–45
Example Sentences
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Do you feel like you should get a finder’s fee?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
The gold fastener will now be independently valued and Mr Needham will split the finder's fee with the landowner.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 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 Finders Keepers, a treasure-hunting company that led agents to the remote woodland site in Pennsylvania in hopes of getting a finder’s fee, suspect the FBI found tons of gold and made off with it.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 13, 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
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