fee

noun

/fiː/

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an amount of money that you pay for professional advice or services
- Employees are reimbursed for any legal fees incurred when they relocate.
- fee-paying schools (= that you have to pay to go to)
- The school fees are expected to rise again next year.
- Students take out loans to cover tuition fees.
- fee for something Customers pay an annual fee for the service.
- fee for doing something Does the bank charge a fee for setting up the account?
- for a fee Users can block ads for a small monthly fee.
see also contingency fee, user fee
Synonyms rate
rate
- charge
- fee
- rent
- fine
- fare
- toll
- rental
These are all words for an amount of money that is charged or paid for something.
- rate a fixed amount of money that is asked or paid for something:
  a low hourly rate of pay
  interest rates
- charge an amount of money that is asked for goods or services:
  an admission charge
- fee (rather formal) an amount of money that you have to pay for professional advice or services, to go to a school or college, or to join an organization:
  legal fees
  an annual membership fee
- rent an amount of money that you regularly have to pay for use of a building or room. In American English, rent can be used to mean rental: The weekly rent on the car was over $300.
- fine a sum of money that must be paid as punishment for breaking a law or rule:
  a parking fine
- fare the money that you pay to travel by bus, plane, taxi, etc.
- toll an amount of money that you have to pay to use a particular road or bridge.
- rental an amount of money that you have to pay to use something for a particular period of time.
rent or rental?In British English rent is only money paid to use a building or room: for other items use rental. In American English rent can be used for both, but rental is still more common for other items.Patterns
- (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll/rental for something
- (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/toll/rental on something
- at a rate/charge/fee/rent/fare/rental of…
- for a charge/fee
- to pay (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll/rental
- to charge (a) rate/fee/rent/fare/toll/rental
Extra Examples
- Additional security fees apply.
- All fees are payable when the invoice is issued.
- Freelance writers often set their own fees.
- He agreed to waive his usual fee.
- I expect you had to pay a fat fee to your divorce lawyers.
- Many tax advisers now offer fixed fee interviews.
- Send the form, together with the appropriate fee, to the Land Registry.
- She negotiated a fee of $1 800 a week.
- The company will earn a fee for every barrel of oil produced.
- The company's consultancy fee income rose by 3% last year.
- The fee includes the cost of testing the electric wiring.
- Their fees are quite reasonable.
- There is no additional fee for this insurance cover.
- They charge higher fees to overseas students.
- We will be taking active steps to collect the outstanding fees.
- You'll need money to cover fees and expenses.
- the administrative fees on the pension scheme
- the professional fees of the lawyers and accountants involved
- university top-up fees
- The family spent over £20 000 on legal fees.
- They send their children to a fee-paying school.
Topics Moneyb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- exorbitant
- fat
- hefty
- …
verb + fee
- charge
- impose
- incur
- …
fee + verb
- be due
- be payable
- apply
- …
fee + noun
- income
- revenue
- payment
- …
preposition
- for a fee
- fee for
- fee on
- …
See full entry
an amount of money that you pay to join an organization, or to do something
- a membership/subscription fee
- There is no entrance fee to the gallery.
- the TV licence fee
- You have to pay a fee to enter the race.
- fee for something The registration fee for the event is £35.
Extra Examples
- For a small fee, anyone can use these facilities.
- The admission fee has gone up.
- We had to pay a nominal fee to join the club.
- We now charge a fee for museum entrance.
- a £30 membership fee
- a $1 200 initiation fee
- Club members pay an annual membership fee of £775.
Topics Moneyb2, Educationb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- exorbitant
- fat
- hefty
- …
verb + fee
- charge
- impose
- incur
- …
fee + verb
- be due
- be payable
- apply
- …
fee + noun
- income
- revenue
- payment
- …
preposition
- for a fee
- fee for
- fee on
- …
See full entry

Word OriginMiddle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French feu, fief, from medieval Latin feodum, feudum, ultimately of Germanic origin. Compare with feud and fief.

单词	fee
释义	fee noun /fiː/ /fiː/ jump to other results an amount of money that you pay for professional advice or services Employees are reimbursed for any legal fees incurred when they relocate. fee-paying schools (= that you have to pay to go to) The school fees are expected to rise again next year. Students take out loans to cover tuition fees. fee for something Customers pay an annual fee for the service. fee for doing something Does the bank charge a fee for setting up the account? for a fee Users can block ads for a small monthly fee. see also contingency fee, user fee Synonyms raterate charge fee rent fine fare toll rental These are all words for an amount of money that is charged or paid for something. rate a fixed amount of money that is asked or paid for something: a low hourly rate of pay interest rates charge an amount of money that is asked for goods or services: an admission charge fee (rather formal) an amount of money that you have to pay for professional advice or services, to go to a school or college, or to join an organization: legal fees an annual membership fee rent an amount of money that you regularly have to pay for use of a building or room. In American English, rent can be used to mean rental: The weekly rent on the car was over $300. fine a sum of money that must be paid as punishment for breaking a law or rule: a parking fine fare the money that you pay to travel by bus, plane, taxi, etc. toll an amount of money that you have to pay to use a particular road or bridge. rental an amount of money that you have to pay to use something for a particular period of time. rent or rental?In British English rent is only money paid to use a building or room: for other items use rental. In American English rent can be used for both, but rental is still more common for other items.Patterns (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll/rental for something (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/toll/rental on something at a rate/charge/fee/rent/fare/rental of… for a charge/fee to pay (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll/rental to charge (a) rate/fee/rent/fare/toll/rental Extra Examples Additional security fees apply. All fees are payable when the invoice is issued. Freelance writers often set their own fees. He agreed to waive his usual fee. I expect you had to pay a fat fee to your divorce lawyers. Many tax advisers now offer fixed fee interviews. Send the form, together with the appropriate fee, to the Land Registry. She negotiated a fee of $1 800 a week. The company will earn a fee for every barrel of oil produced. The company's consultancy fee income rose by 3% last year. The fee includes the cost of testing the electric wiring. Their fees are quite reasonable. There is no additional fee for this insurance cover. They charge higher fees to overseas students. We will be taking active steps to collect the outstanding fees. You'll need money to cover fees and expenses. the administrative fees on the pension scheme the professional fees of the lawyers and accountants involved university top-up fees The family spent over £20 000 on legal fees. They send their children to a fee-paying school. Topics Moneyb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective exorbitant fat hefty … verb + fee charge impose incur … fee + verb be due be payable apply … fee + noun income revenue payment … preposition for a fee fee for fee on … See full entry an amount of money that you pay to join an organization, or to do something a membership/subscription fee There is no entrance fee to the gallery. the TV licence fee You have to pay a fee to enter the race. fee for something The registration fee for the event is £35. Extra Examples For a small fee, anyone can use these facilities. The admission fee has gone up. We had to pay a nominal fee to join the club. We now charge a fee for museum entrance. a £30 membership fee a $1 200 initiation fee Club members pay an annual membership fee of £775. Topics Moneyb2, Educationb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective exorbitant fat hefty … verb + fee charge impose incur … fee + verb be due be payable apply … fee + noun income revenue payment … preposition for a fee fee for fee on … See full entry Word OriginMiddle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French feu, fief, from medieval Latin feodum, feudum, ultimately of Germanic origin. Compare with feud and fief.
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