user's fee

American  

Or user fee

noun

1. a fee charged for the use of something, as one charged by a city government for the use of one of its services, as garbage collection or fire protection.

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Example Sentences

That’s a foolishly stubborn manifestation of a knee-jerk, anti-tax mentality in a state where 30 percent of the gas tax - in effect, a user’s fee - is paid by non-residents.

From Washington Times

Instead he called it a "user's fee" and a "highway bill."

From Time Magazine Archive

Neither Reagan's "user's fee" nor O'Neill's foredoomed big-spending plan is likely to do much, however, to reduce the current 10.4% jobless rate.

From Time Magazine Archive

First of all, argued Reagan, it is not really a tax but a "user's fee."

From Time Magazine Archive

In St. Louis, the privately owned Mercantile Library doubled its annual user's fee to $10 per person, the first increase in charges since it was founded 112 years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive