Meaning

11 senses
  1. An amount charged in return for permission to do something

    television license fee

  2. An amount charged in return for permission to do something:

    An amount charged ancillary to the (occasionally null) base cost of a product or service; an additional charge, nominally for some additional privilege, ability or permission.

    booking fee, late fee

    no hidden fees; &nbsp the sticker price is $1 but all the extra fees push the price into triple digits; it costs just 4.99 and there are no fees

  3. An amount charged for something: the base cost of purchasing some thing, service, etc.

    admission fee, membership fee, drivers' license fee

    the fee for entry to the zoo is increasing from 50 to 60 dollars

  4. A fixed rate or price charged for (chiefly white-collar) professional services.

    lawyers' fees, tuition fee, bank fees, legal fees, consulting fee

    Gebühr

    гонора́рgonorár, по́шлинаpóšlina, взносvznos

    гонора́рhonorár, пла́таpláta, вне́сокvnésok

    a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services

  5. An inheritable estate in land, whether absolute and without limitation to potential heirs (fee simple) or with limitations to particular kinds of heirs (fee tail).

  6. (historical)A right to the use of a superior's land as a stipend for certain services to be performed, typically military service.

  7. (historical)Synonym of fief: the land so held.

  8. (historical)An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of performance of certain services, typically military service.

  9. (figuratively, obsolete)Synonym of possession.

  10. (obsolete)Money paid or bestowed; payment; emolument.

  11. (obsolete)A prize or reward. Only used in the set phrase "A finder's fee" in Modern English.

Examples

164 sentences
  1. How much is the entrance fee?

    Скільки коштує вхід?

    ruСколько стоит вход?

    deWie viel kostet eine Eintrittskarte?

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  2. Each member has to pay a membership fee.

    Кожний член має платити членський внесок.

    ruКаждый участник должен внести членский взнос.

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  3. There's no entrance fee.

    Вхід безкоштовний.

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  4. There is no admission fee for children under five.

    Вхід дітям до п'яти років безкоштовний.

    ruВход детям до пяти лет бесплатно.

    deKinder unter fünf Jahren müssen keinen Eintritt zahlen.

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  5. There's no membership fee for joining.

    ruВступительного взноса нет.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
monetary payment charged for professional services:
Русский
By meaning 1
monetary payment charged for professional services:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
monetary payment charged for professional services:

Origin

From Middle English fee, fe, feh, feoh, from Old English feoh (“cattle, property, wealth,

From Middle English fee, fe, feh, feoh, from Old English feoh (“cattle, property, wealth, money, payment, tribute, fee”) with contamination from Old French fieu, fief (from Medieval Latin fevum, a variant of feudum (see feud), from Frankish *fehu (“cattle, livestock”); whence fief), both from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle, sheep, livestock, owndom”), from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu (“livestock”).

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