Definition of fee Fee

/fiˈ/ - [fee] - fee

We found 21 definitions of fee from 8 different sources.

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Noun

Plural: fees

fee - a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
  fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.)
  anchorage the act of anchoring
  cellarage a storage area in a cellar
  commission the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
  contingency fee a fee that is payable only if the outcome is successful (as for an attorney's services)
  docking fee, dockage a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock
  drop-off charge a fee added for returning a rented car to a location different from the one where it was rented
  admission charge, admission fee, admission price, entrance fee, entrance money, price of admission, admission the fee charged for admission
  finder's fee a fee that is paid to someone who finds a source of financial backing or to someone who brings people together for business purposes; "the agency got a finder's fee when their candidate was hired as the new CEO"
  legal fee a fee paid for legal service
  license fee, license tax, licensing fee a fee paid to the government for the privilege of being licensed to do something (as selling liquor or practicing medicine)
  lighterage the transportation of goods on a lighter
  lockage passage through a lock in a canal or waterway
  mintage act or process of minting coins
  moorage a fee for mooring
  origination fee a fee charged to a borrower (especially for a mortgage loan) to cover the costs of initiating the loan
  pipage a fee charged for the use of pipes
  poundage weight expressed in pounds
  retainer, consideration a dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment
  seigniorage charged by a government for coining bullion
  toll a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
  truckage a fee charged for transporting goods by truckage
  tuition fee, tuition a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education); "tuition and room and board were more than $25,000"
fee - an interest in land capable of being inherited
  stake, interest a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground
  fee simple a fee without limitation to any class of heirs; they can sell it or give it away
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • fee (Noun)
    Cattle; livestock, especially considered as the basis of wealth.
  • fee (Noun)
    Property; owndom; estate.
  • fee (Noun)
    Money paid or bestowed; payment; emolument.
  • fee (Noun)
    A monetary payment charged for professional services.
  • fee (Noun)
    A prize or reward.
  • fee (Noun)
    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 .
  • fee (Noun)
    An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the performing of certain services.
  • fee (Verb)
    To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • fee (n.)
    property; possession; tenure.
  • fee (n.)
    Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be rendered; especially, payment for professional services, of optional amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge; pay; perquisite; as, the fees of lawyers and physicians; the fees of office; clerk's fees; sheriff's fees; marriage fees, etc.
  • fee (n.)
    A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief.
  • fee (n.)
    An estate of inheritance supposed to be held either mediately or immediately from the sovereign, and absolutely vested in the owner.
  • fee (n.)
    An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and simply, without condition attached to the tenure.
  • fee (v. t.)
    To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • fee
    A charge fixed by law for services of public officers or for use of a privilege under control of government.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • fee
    fē, n. price paid for services, as to a lawyer or physician: recompense, wages: the sum exacted for any special privilege: a grant of land for feudal service: an unconditional inheritance—Fee′-sim′ple, possession: ownership.—v.t. to pay a fee to: to hire:—pr.p. fee′ing; pa.p. feed.—ns. Fee′-grief (Shak.), a private grief; Fee′ing-mar′ket (Scot.), a fair or market at which farm-servants are hired for the year or half-year following; Fee′-tail, an entailed estate, which on failure of heirs reverts to the donor.—Base fee, a qualified fee, a freehold estate of inheritance to which a qualification is annexed; Conditional fee, a fee granted on condition, or limited to particular heirs: the estate of a mortgagee of land, possession of which is conditional on payment; Great fee, the holding of a tenant of the Crown. [A.S. feoh, cattle, property: a special kind of property, property in land; Ger. vieh, Ice. fé; allied to L. pecus, cattle, pecunia, money.]

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

  • fee
    Nonsensical words, supposed in childish story-books to be spoken by giants. I am not to be frighted by fee, faw, fum; I am not to be scared by nonsense.

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • A fee is the price one gives as payment for services, especially the honorarium paid to a doctor, lawyer, consultant or member of a learned profession. Traditionally, a fee is different to a "payment", salary, or wage, because the fee usually is paid only once for the professional's services.

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  • fee, verb, present, 1st person singular of fee (infinitive).
  • fee, verb (infinitive).
  • fee, noun, singular of fees.

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