fee

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An amount of money you pay for a service, privilege, or membership.

   The bank charges a small fee for late payments.

2. 2
   noun

   A payment made to a professional for their work.

   The lawyer's fees were higher than we expected.

Common collocations

• tuition fee Noun + noun
• inclusive fee Adjective + noun

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”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fäi (“cattle, livestock”), West Frisian fee (“livestock”), Cimbrian biighe, viighe (“animal, beast”), Dutch vee (“cattle, livestock”), German Viech (“animal, bea…

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