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fee
[ fee ]
noun
- a charge or payment for professional services:
a doctor's fee.
Synonyms: , , ,
- a sum paid or charged for a privilege:
an admission fee.
- a charge allowed by law for the service of a public officer.
- Law.
- 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.
- an inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the performing of certain services.
- a territory held in fee.
- a gratuity; tip.
verb (used with object)
- to give a fee to.
- Chiefly Scot. to hire; employ.
fee
/ ھː /
noun
- a payment asked by professional people or public servants for their services
school fees
a doctor's fee
- a charge made for a privilege
an entrance fee
- property law
- an interest in land capable of being inherited See fee simple fee tail
- the land held in fee
- (in feudal Europe) the land granted by a lord to his vassal
- an obsolete word for a gratuity
- in fee
- law (of land) in absolute ownership
- in complete subjection
verb
- rare.to give a fee to
- to hire for a fee
Derived Forms
- ˈڱ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ڱl adjective
- v·ڱ noun
- p·ڱ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of fee1
Example Sentences
Namibia's new president has announced that university fees will be scrapped from 2026.
In an April 11 court filing, Bauer’s attorneys asked the court to award him $307,481.49 in damages, fees, costs and interest — that is, more than what Hill received from the insurance policy.
"The fees are set by the Department of Health, but increasingly, these fees just don't cover the cost of being open and providing service to our patients."
The vice chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University has called for the government to increase tuition fees in line with inflation.
The official driving test fee is £62 for weekdays and £75 for evenings, weekends and bank holidays.
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