Fee

Quick meaning: Fee is a noun meaning An amount charged for a privilege.

Meaning

An amount charged for a privilege.

More Meanings

1. An amount charged for professional services.
2. An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good, especially one that is minor compared to the underlying cost.
3. (law, historical) A right to the use of a superior's land as a stipend for certain services to be performed, typically military service.
4. (law, historical) Synonym of fief: the land so held.
5. (figurative, obsolete) Synonym of possession.
6. (law) 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).
7. (law, historical) An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of performance of certain services, typically military service.

Example Sentences

admission fee

activation fee

consulting fees

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.

Word Forms

• fees
• feeing
• feed

Synonyms for fee

Depending on context, synonyms include fief, possession, contract, sign, sign up, sign on.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include contract, sign up, sign, sign on, fief, rates.

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