FEE (feed)

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• 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