fee en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /fiː/
- fē
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Etymology
From Middle English fee, fe, feh, feoh, from Old English feoh (“cattle, property, wealth, money, payment, tribute, fee”) with contamination from Old French fieu, fief (from Medieval Latin fevum, a variant of feudum (see feud), from Frankish *fehu (“cattle, livestock”); whence fief), both from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle, sheep, livestock, owndom”), from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu (“livestock”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fäi (“cattle, livestock”), West Frisian fee (“livestock”), Cimbrian biighe, viighe (“animal, beast”), Dutch vee (“cattle, livestock”), German Viech (“animal, beast”), Vieh (“livestock”), German Low German Veeh (“cattle, livestock, property”), Luxembourgish Véi (“cattle”), Vilamovian fi, fī, fii, fiih (“cattle, livestock”), Yiddish פֿי (fi), פֿיך (fikh, “cattle, livestock”), Danish and Faroese fæ (“cattle, livestock”), Icelandic fé (“assets, livestock, money”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk fe (“cattle, livestock”), Swedish fä (“beast, cattle, dolt”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉 (faihō), 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿 (faihu, “possessions, property; riches, wealth; money”); also Latin pecū (“cattle”), Old Prussian pecku (“cattle”), Armenian ասր (asr, “fleece, wool”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬎 (pasu, “livestock”), Bactrian ποσο (poso, “sheep”), Central Kurdish پەز (pez, “sheep”), Northern Kurdish pez (“sheep”), Ossetian фыс (fys, “sheep”), Talysh pəs, пәс (“sheep”), Sanskrit पशु (paśu, “cattle”).
Meanings
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An amount charged in return for permission to do something
television license fee
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An amount charged in return for permission to do something: ▸ An amount charged ancillary to the (occasionally null) base cost of a product or service; an additional charge, nominally for some additional privilege, ability or permission.
booking fee, late fee
no hidden fees;   the sticker price is $1 but all the extra fees push the price into triple digits; it costs just 4.99 and there are no fees
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An amount charged in return for permission to do something: ▸ An amount charged for something: the base cost of purchasing some thing, service, etc.
the fee for entry to the zoo is increasing from 50 to 60 dollars
admission fee, membership fee, drivers' license fee
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A fixed rate or price charged for (chiefly white-collar) professional services.
lawyers' fees, tuition fee, bank fees, legal fees, consulting fee
Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.
2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:
- An inheritable estate in land, whether absolute and without limitation to potential heirs (fee simple) or with limitations to particular kinds of heirs (fee tail).
- (historical) A right to the use of a superior's land as a stipend for certain services to be performed, typically military service.
- (historical) Synonym of fief: the land so held.
- (historical) An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of performance of certain services, typically military service.
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(figuratively, obsolete) Synonym of possession.
This England, this sea-lion of the sea, By ignorant demagogues is held in fee, Who love her not: Dear God! is this the land Which bare a triple empire in her hand When Cromwell spake the word Democracy!
a. 1881, Oscar Wilde, 'To Milton', in Poems:Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee; And was the safeguard of the west: the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty.
1807, William Wordsworth, “On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic”, in Poems in Two Volumes:What doth the poor man's son inherit? Stout muscles and a sinewy heart, A hardy frame, a hardier spirit; King of two hands, he does his part In every useful toil and art; A heritage, it seems to me, A king might wish to hold in fee.
1844, James Russell Lowell, The Heritage:Cronshaw had told him that the facts of life mattered nothing to him who by the power of fancy held in fee the twin realms of space and time.
1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage, chapter 121:
- (obsolete) Money paid or bestowed; payment; emolument.
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(obsolete) A prize or reward. Only used in the set phrase "A finder's fee" in Modern English.
For though sweet love to conquer glorious bee, / Yet is the paine thereof much greater than the fee.
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fees | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
feebate · absolute fee simple · fee schedule · attorney's fee · court fee · frank-fee · service fee · amenity fee · filing fee · knight's fee · nonfee · joining fee · license fee · bullet fee · in-lieu fee · fee fees · qualified fee · late fee · composition fee · advance fee fraud · fee-fees · entry fee · kill fee · registration fee · fee splitting · alms-fee · facility fee · fee simple · feepayer · fee-for-service · destination fee · stole fee · junk fee · exit fee · unfeed · defeasible fee · fee-splitting · in fee · nuisance fee · transfer fee · advance fee scam · fee tail · feeable · stole-fee · feevee · kosher fee · conditional fee · resort fee · finder's fee · feepaying · great fee · feeless · licensing fee · kitchen-fee · gas fee · base fee · setup fee · convenience fee · urban fee · handling fee
Relateds
Synonyms
tax · fief · possession
Translations (147)
kk төлем (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ja 料金 (monetary payment charged for professional services) · la feudum (monetary payment charged for professional services) · uk гонора́р (monetary payment charged for professional services) · sv avgift (monetary payment charged for professional services) · sh prístojba (monetary payment charged for professional services) · vi lệ phí (monetary payment charged for professional services) · gl tarifa (monetary payment charged for professional services) · nv yeel (monetary payment charged for professional services) · nl prijs (monetary payment charged for professional services) · be по́шліна (monetary payment charged for professional services) · nl heffing (monetary payment charged for professional services) · uk пла́та (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ca quota (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ko 료금 (monetary payment charged for professional services) · es honorario (monetary payment charged for professional services) · km ឈ្នួល (monetary payment charged for professional services) · cmn 花 (monetary payment charged for professional services) · fo ágáva (monetary payment charged for professional services) · prs هَزینَه (monetary payment charged for professional services) · sw ada (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ka ჰონორარი (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ar رَسْم (monetary payment charged for professional services) · th ค่า (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ru по́шлина (monetary payment charged for professional services) · mk хонора́р (monetary payment charged for professional services) · nn honorar (monetary payment charged for professional services) · prs دَسْتْمُزْد (monetary payment charged for professional services) · sq tarifë (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ota اجرت (monetary payment charged for professional services) · sk honorár (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ka შესატანი (monetary payment charged for professional services) · it quota (monetary payment charged for professional services) · nb honorar (monetary payment charged for professional services) · km ពន្ធ (monetary payment charged for professional services) · pt taxa (monetary payment charged for professional services) · fr honoraires (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ro tarif (monetary payment charged for professional services) · vi phí (monetary payment charged for professional services) · it onorario (monetary payment charged for professional services) · lv maksa (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ru та́кса (monetary payment charged for professional services) · uz boj (monetary payment charged for professional services) · pl honorarium (monetary payment charged for professional services) · it tassa (monetary payment charged for professional services) · tr ücret (monetary payment charged for professional services) · pl opłata (monetary payment charged for professional services) · de Gebühr (monetary payment charged for professional services) · is gjald (monetary payment charged for professional services) · be мы́та (monetary payment charged for professional services) · uk збір (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ka ჯილდო (monetary payment charged for professional services) · eo kotizo (amount charged for a privilege) · be ганара́р (monetary payment charged for professional services) · sk poplatok (monetary payment charged for professional services) · sh tȁksa (monetary payment charged for professional services) · tr harç (monetary payment charged for professional services) · my လုပ်ခ (monetary payment charged for professional services) · it retta (monetary payment charged for professional services) · sh та̏кса (monetary payment charged for professional services) · fo gjald (monetary payment charged for professional services) · se máksu (monetary payment charged for professional services) · bg хонора́р (monetary payment charged for professional services) · cs poplatek (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ko 비 (monetary payment charged for professional services) · nb avgift (monetary payment charged for professional services) · be збор (monetary payment charged for professional services) · kk баж (monetary payment charged for professional services) · it tariffa (monetary payment charged for professional services) · kk алым (monetary payment charged for professional services) · lo ຣຶຊາ (monetary payment charged for professional services) · te ఫీజు (monetary payment charged for professional services) · sw karo (monetary payment charged for professional services) · tg ҳаққи (monetary payment charged for professional services) · fi palkkio (monetary payment charged for professional services) · hu díj (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ka მოსაკრებელი (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ru гонора́р (monetary payment charged for professional services) · be пла́та (monetary payment charged for professional services) · it emolumento (monetary payment charged for professional services) · hi फ़ीस (monetary payment charged for professional services) · tg дастмузд (monetary payment charged for professional services) · my ကြေး (monetary payment charged for professional services) · cs honorář (monetary payment charged for professional services) · th ฤชา (monetary payment charged for professional services) · hi शुल्क (monetary payment charged for professional services) · uk вне́сок (monetary payment charged for professional services) · la honōrārium (monetary payment charged for professional services) · sh при́стојба (monetary payment charged for professional services) · my လာဘ် (monetary payment charged for professional services) · la pretium (monetary payment charged for professional services) · es cuota (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ko 요금 (monetary payment charged for professional services) · uk та́кса (monetary payment charged for professional services) · hi वेतन (monetary payment charged for professional services) · cmn 費 /费 (monetary payment charged for professional services) · la mercēs (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ka საზღაური (monetary payment charged for professional services) · gd tuarasdal (monetary payment charged for professional services) · es tarifa (monetary payment charged for professional services) · th ภาษี (monetary payment charged for professional services) · fo avgjald (monetary payment charged for professional services) · eu zerga (monetary payment charged for professional services) · bg възнагражде́ние (monetary payment charged for professional services) · nl honorarium (monetary payment charged for professional services) · lo ພາສີ (monetary payment charged for professional services) · hy վարձ (monetary payment charged for professional services) · fa-ira دَسْتْمُزْد (monetary payment charged for professional services) · lt rinkliava (monetary payment charged for professional services) · cmn 花費 /花费 (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ro taxă (monetary payment charged for professional services) · fa-ira هَزینِه (monetary payment charged for professional services) · uz haq (monetary payment charged for professional services) · el αμοιβή (monetary payment charged for professional services) · uz poshlina (monetary payment charged for professional services) · uk ми́то (monetary payment charged for professional services) · pl czesne (amount charged for a privilege) · lo ອາກອນ (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ga táille (monetary payment charged for professional services) · pt honorário (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ru пла́та (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ka გადასახადი (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ka გასამრჯელო (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ja 費 (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ky алым (monetary payment charged for professional services) · km អាករ (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ru сбор (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ru взнос (monetary payment charged for professional services) · fr tarif (monetary payment charged for professional services) · la salārium (monetary payment charged for professional services) · la stīpendium (monetary payment charged for professional services) · grc μίσθωμα (monetary payment charged for professional services) · da gebyr (monetary payment charged for professional services) · mn хураамж (monetary payment charged for professional services) · eo honorario (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ur فِیس (monetary payment charged for professional services) · tg ҳазина (monetary payment charged for professional services) · fi maksu (monetary payment charged for professional services) · sq taksë (monetary payment charged for professional services) · nb gebyr (monetary payment charged for professional services) · mk такса (monetary payment charged for professional services) · kl akiliut (monetary payment charged for professional services) · ru вознагражде́ние (monetary payment charged for professional services) · sl pristojbina (monetary payment charged for professional services) · eu tasa (monetary payment charged for professional services) · be та́кса (monetary payment charged for professional services) · az haqq (monetary payment charged for professional services)