- 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.
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb2- 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- exorbitant
- fat
- hefty
- …
- charge
- impose
- incur
- …
- be due
- be payable
- apply
- …
- income
- revenue
- payment
- …
- for a fee
- fee for
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- 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 ExamplesTopics Moneyb2, Educationb2- 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- exorbitant
- fat
- hefty
- …
- charge
- impose
- incur
- …
- be due
- be payable
- apply
- …
- income
- revenue
- payment
- …
- for a fee
- fee for
- fee on
- …
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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