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
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
Under that agreement, the Bavarian government will pay Young a finder’s fee on top of the cost of storing, insuring and shipping the bust back to Germany, the Art Newspaper reported.
From Washington Post • May 10, 2022
“They’ll probably sell it to you. And then you’ll pay me that very generous finder’s fee we discussed when I applied for this principal position.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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