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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

    a doctor's fee

    school fees

  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

    1. law (of land) in absolute ownership

    2. archaicin 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. rareto 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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Other 51Թ Forms

  • feeless adjective
  • overfee noun
  • superfee noun
  • ˈڱ adjective
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51Թ 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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fee1

C14: from Old French fie , of Germanic origin; see fief
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It has operated mostly in wealthy enclaves of southern England since 2019 and, for a fee, its team of ex-police or ex-army guards can patrol villages, looking for burglars and car thieves.

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Travel rewards cards typically have annual fees, sometimes significant ones, so you’ll want to make sure every card you have is at least paying for itself in annual rewards and benefits.

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Some of the knowledgeable people expect “South Park” distribution fees to be valued at more than $200 million a year.

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Then he heard of a new, experimental program run by philanthropies and private businesses that would loan him what he needed to finish college — at zero interest and with no fees.

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The move will, however, be a club record fee for Liverpool.

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