fee
noun
[ fiː ]
• a payment made to a professional person or to a professional or public body in exchange for advice or services.
• "they were faced with legal fees of £3000"
Similar:
payment,
emolument,
wage,
salary,
allowance,
stipend,
handout,
price,
cost,
charge,
tariff,
toll,
rate,
amount,
sum,
figure,
percentage,
commission,
consideration,
honorarium,
remuneration,
dues,
earnings,
pay,
• an estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.
fee
verb
• make a payment to (someone) in return for services.
Origin:
Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French feu, fief, from medieval Latin feodum, feudum, ultimately of Germanic origin. Compare with feu, feud, and fief.
