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fee
(fē)n.
1. A fixed sum charged, as by an institution or by law, for a privilege: a license fee; tuition fees.
2. A charge for professional services: a surgeon's fee.
3. A tip; a gratuity.
4. Law See fee simple.
5.
a. In feudal law, an estate in land granted by a lord to his vassal on condition of homage and service. Also called feud2, fief.
b. The land so held.
tr.v. feed, fee·ing, fees
1. To give a tip to.
2. Scots To hire.
[Middle English fe, from Old English feoh, cattle, goods, money, and from Anglo-Norman fee, fief (from Old French fie, fief, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English feoh); see peku- in Indo-European roots.]
Word History: Fee comes from Old English feoh, which has three meanings: "cattle, livestock," "goods, possessions, movable property," and "money." The Germanic form behind the Old English is *fehu-, which derives by Grimm's Law from Indo-European *peku-, "movable wealth, cattle." In the ancient societies of Europe and Asia that spoke Indo-European languages, the wealth of a person or group was often measured by the size of their herds—just as it is in many traditional pastoral societies today. So it is natural that a word meaning "cattle" and "movable wealth" could also mean "money," as ancient economies developed and standard coinage of gold and silver was introduced. The same development from "livestock" to "money" can also be observed in the family of Latin words derived from pecu, "cattle," the direct Latin descendant of Indo-European *peku- and cognate of English fee. In Latin, many words relating to money and finance were derived from pecu, and several of these derivatives were ultimately borrowed into English, for example, pecūnia, "money," the source of our word pecuniary. Another was pecūliāris, "relating to one's pecūlium or personal property, particular to oneself," the source of our word peculiar. Finally, our word peculate comes from yet a third derivative, pecūlāre, "to embezzle public money."
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fee
(fiː)n
1. a payment asked by professional people or public servants for their services: a doctor's fee; school fees.
2. a charge made for a privilege: an entrance fee.
3. (Law) property law
a. an interest in land capable of being inherited. See fee simple, fee tail
b. the land held in fee
4. (Historical Terms) (in feudal Europe) the land granted by a lord to his vassal
5. an obsolete word for a gratuity
6. (Law) in fee
a. law (of land) in absolute ownership
b. archaic in complete subjection
vb, fees, feeing or feed
7. rare to give a fee to
8. chiefly Scot to hire for a fee
[C14: from Old French fie, of Germanic origin; see fief]
ˈfeeless adj
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fee
(fi)n., v. feed, fee•ing. n.
1. a sum charged or paid, as for professional services or for a privilege: a doctor's fee; an admission fee.
2. Law.
a. an estate of inheritance, either without limitation to a particular class of heirs (fee simple) or limited to one particular class of heirs (fee tail).
b. (in the Middle Ages) estate lands held of a feudal lord in return for services performed.
c. a territory held in fee.
3. a gratuity; tip.
v.t. 4. to give a gratuity to; tip.
5. Chiefly Scot. to hire; employ.
Idioms: in fee, in full ownership: an estate held in fee.
[1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French fie, variant of fief fief]
fee′less, adj.
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fee
Past participle: feed
Gerund: feeing
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| Noun | 1. |  fee - a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional servicesfixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs - a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.) 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); "he works on commission" 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 charge, admission fee, admission price, entrance fee, entrance money, price of admission, 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; "the agency got a finder's fee when their candidate was hired as the new CEO" 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) lighterage - the fee charged for carrying goods in lighters lockage - a fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or waterway 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 retainer, consideration - 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); "tuition and room and board were more than $25,000" |
| 2. | fee - an interest in land capable of being inherited stake, interest - (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future" 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 | |
| Verb | 1. | fee - give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward" |
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fee
noun charge, pay, price, cost, bill, account, payment, wage, reward, hire, salary, compensation, toll, remuneration, recompense, emolument, honorarium, meed (archaic) How much will the solicitor's fee be?
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fee
noun2. Payment for work done:
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Translations
أُجْرَةرَسْم، أتْعاب، أجْر
poplatekvstupnéhonorář
gebyrhonorarsalærafgift
maksutaksa
pristojba
honorárium
òóknun, gjald
料金
요금
honoraras
atalgojumshonorārsiestāšanās naudamācību maksa
honorárvstupné
članarinahonorarprijavninašolninavstopnina
avgift
ค่าธรรมเนียม
lệ phí
fee
[fiː] N (= professional) → honorarios mpl, emolumentos mpl (Comm) → pago m; (for doctor's visit) → precio m de visitaadmission fee → precio m de entrada
entrance/membership fee → cuota f
course/tuition/school fees → matrícula fsing
what's your fee? → ¿cuánto cobra Vd?
for a small fee → por una pequeña or módica cantidad
see also transfer D
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
fee
[ˈfiː] n
(= pay) [agent, model, consultant] → rémunération f; [doctor, lawyer] → honoraires mpl
to earn a fee → percevoir une rémunération
to earn a fee → percevoir une rémunération
(= charge) (for examination) → droits mpl; (for university) → frais mpl de scolarité; (for school) → frais mpl de scolarité
for a small fee → pour une somme modique
entrance fee (to club) → droit m d'inscription; (to museum) → droit m d'entrée
membership fee → droit m d'inscription television licence fee
for a small fee → pour une somme modique
entrance fee (to club) → droit m d'inscription; (to museum) → droit m d'entrée
membership fee → droit m d'inscription television licence fee
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fee
n
→ Gebühr f; (of doctor, lawyer, artist, tutor) → Honorar nt; (of stage performer) → Gage f; (of director, administrator etc) → Bezüge pl; (= membership fee) → Beitrag m; (school) fees → Schulgeld nt; on payment of a small fee → gegen geringe Gebühr
land held in fee simple (Jur) → unbeschränkt vererbbares Land
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
fee
[fiː] n → pagamento; (of doctor, lawyer) → onorario, parcella; (entrance fee, membership fee) → quota d'iscrizionecourse or tuition fees (Univ) → tasse fpl universitarie
school fees → tasse fpl scolastiche (for examination) → tassa d'esame
for a small fee → per una somma modesta
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fee
(fiː) noun the price paid for work done by a doctor, lawyer etc or for some special service or right. the lawyer's fee; an entrance fee; university fees.
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fee
→ أُجْرَة poplatek gebyr Gebühr αμοιβή honorarios, precio maksu frais pristojba tariffa 料金 요금 kosten gebyr opłata taxa вознаграждение avgift ค่าธรรมเนียม ücret lệ phí 费Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
fee
n. honorario, cuota.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- Is there a service charge to pay? (US)
Is there a booking fee to pay? (UK) - Is there a service charge? (US)
Is there a booking fee? (UK)
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fee
n (doctor’s) honorariosEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.