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fee

[ fee ]

noun

  1. a charge or payment for professional services:

    a doctor's fee.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  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.


verb (used with object)

feed, feeing.
  1. to give a fee to.
  2. Chiefly Scot. to hire; employ.

fee

/ ھː /

noun

  1. a payment asked by professional people or public servants for their services

    school fees

    a doctor's fee

  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. in fee
    1. law (of land) in absolute ownership
    2. in complete subjection
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. rare.
    to give a fee to
  2. to hire for a fee
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڱ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • ڱl adjective
  • v·ڱ noun
  • p·ڱ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fee1

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French fie, variant of fief fief. See feudal
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fee1

C14: from Old French fie , of Germanic origin; see fief
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That doesn’t mean you won’t pay a fee to access the general parking lots for a game or a concert, but the fee will be part of what Foltz called an “all-inclusive” ticket price.

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But it was their follow-up, held outdoors during the pandemic, with a $40 registration fee, that drew 140 vintage Japanese cars and several hundred attendees.

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The New York, Boston and London marathons now all have pregnancy deferrals in place, yet mothers must pay the entrance fee for a second time when they use the deferral scheme, she said.

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Each practice is a business, employing staff and receiving a fee from the NHS for every patient on their books.

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