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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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Namibia's new president has announced that university fees will be scrapped from 2026.

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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.

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"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."

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The vice chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University has called for the government to increase tuition fees in line with inflation.

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The official driving test fee is £62 for weekdays and £75 for evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

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