单词 | fee |
释义 | fee (once / 243 pages) 1nv 2n A fee is the cost of something, or the amount of money charged. You might need to pay a fee when you visit your favorite state park. Clubs, national parks, and gyms all charge a fee to belong or to enter. There is also the fee that a professional charges for services, like the legal fee you pay when you hire an attorney or the fee you pay your dentist to clean your teeth. Fee has an Old French origin in the word fieu, "possession, holding, domain, or payment," from the Medieval Latin feodum, "land whose use is granted in return for service." WORD FAMILYfee: feeing, fees USAGE EXAMPLES“I expected the fare and change fees to end up around the cost of a whole new booking,” Ryan said. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) “I expected the fare and change fees to end up around the cost of a whole new booking,” Mr. Ryan said. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Obamacare raises revenue through tax penalties tied to its insurance mandates, fees on insurers and levies on high earners and some investment income. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services Hypo|Hyper anchorage a fee for anchoring cellaragea charge for storing goods in a cellar commissiona 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 feea fee that is payable only if the outcome is successful (as for an attorney's services) dockage, docking feea fee charged for a vessel to use a dock drop-off chargea 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 admissionthe fee charged for admission finder's feea fee that is paid to someone who finds a source of financial backing or to someone who brings people together for business purposes legal feea fee paid for legal service license fee, license tax, licensing feea fee paid to the government for the privilege of being licensed to do something (as selling liquor or practicing medicine) lighteragethe fee charged for carrying goods in lighters lockagea fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or waterway mintagefee paid to a mint by the government for minting a coin mooragea fee for mooring origination feea fee charged to a borrower (especially for a mortgage loan) to cover the costs of initiating the loan pipagea fee charged for the use of pipes poundagea fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals consideration, retainera fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone seignioragecharged by a government for coining bullion tolla fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance) truckagea fee charged for transporting goods by truckage tuition, tuition feea fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education) quayage, wharfagea fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay refreshera fee (in addition to that marked on the brief) paid to counsel in a case that lasts more than one day quid, quid pro quosomething for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.) 2v give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on 2fee the steward Syn|Hyper bung, tip gift, give, present give as a present; make a gift of n an interest in land capable of being inherited Hypo|Hyper fee simple a fee without limitation to any class of heirs; they can sell it or give it away fee taila fee limited to a particular line of heirs; they are not free to sell it or give it away interest, stake (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something |
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