FEE (feed)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fee mean?
• FEE (noun)
The noun FEE has 2 senses:
1. a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
2. an interest in land capable of being inherited
Familiarity information: FEE used as a noun is rare.
• FEE (verb)
The verb FEE has 1 sense:
1. give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on
Familiarity information: FEE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FEE (noun)
Meaning:
A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("fee" is a kind of...):
fixed charge; fixed cost; fixed costs (a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fee"):
mintage (fee paid to a mint by the government for minting a coin)
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 (a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals)
consideration; retainer (a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone)
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; tuition fee (a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education))
lockage (a fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or waterway)
lighterage (the fee charged for carrying goods in lighters)
anchorage (a fee for anchoring)
cellarage (a charge for storing goods in a cellar)
commission (a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary))
contingency fee (a fee that is payable only if the outcome is successful (as for an attorney's services))
dockage; docking fee (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; admission charge; admission fee; admission price; entrance fee; entrance money; price of 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)
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))
quayage; wharfage (a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay)
Meaning:
An interest in land capable of being inherited
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("fee" is a kind of...):
interest; stake ((law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fee"):
fee simple (a fee without limitation to any class of heirs; they can sell it or give it away)
fee tail (a fee limited to a particular line of heirs; they are not free to sell it or give it away)
• FEE (verb)
Meaning:
Give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
bung; fee; tip
Context examples:
Remember to tip the waiter / fee the steward
Hypernyms (to "fee" is one way to...):
gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something
