fee
[noun]
Synonyms: charge, bill, payment, remuneration, toll

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Related Words: consideration, charge, cost, expense, price

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English Thesaurus: cost, price, value, charge, fee, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

fee S3 W3 AC /fiː/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: fé, fief, from Medieval Latin feudum; ⇒ feudal]
an amount of money that you pay to do something or that you pay to a professional person for their work:
You can use the gym and pool for a fee of £35 a month.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

fee
noun
ADJ. exorbitant, fat (informal), hefty, high, huge, large, substantial I expect you had to pay a fat fee to your divorce lawyers.
low, modest, nominal, reasonable, small We had to pay a nominal fee to join the club. Their fees are quite reasonable.
fixed, flat, set Many tax advisers now offer fixed fee interviews.
full | concessionary, reduced | normal, standard, usual | appropriate Send the form, together with the appropriate fee, to the Land Registry.
additional, extra, top-up There is no additional fee or paperwork for this insurance cover.
outstanding, unpaid We will be taking active steps to collect the outstanding fees.
annual, hourly, monthly | court, legal | consultancy, professional the professional fees of the solicitors and accountants involved
admission, entrance, entry, joining, membership, subscription a £30 membership fee
administration, arrangement, booking, cancellation, handling, licence, registration | college, course, school, student, tuition | transfer (= charges paid by a football club ‘buying’ a player from another team) | green (= a charge to use a golf course)
VERB + FEE charge, impose They charge higher fees to overseas students.
incur Employees are reimbursed for any legal fees incurred when they relocate.
pay | collect | waive He agreed to waive his usual fee.
refund, reimburse | increase, reduce | agree, negotiate She negotiated a fee of $1,800 a week.
cover You'll need money to cover fees and expenses.
afford
FEE + VERB be due, be payable All fees are payable when the invoice is issued.
cover sth, include sth The fee includes the cost of testing the electric wiring.
go up The admission fee has gone up.
FEE + NOUN income The firm's consultancy fee income rose by 3% last year.
structure
PREP. for a ~ For a small fee, anyone can use these facilities.
~ for We now charge a fee for museum entrance.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

fee

small/low
Some companies will sell the items for you, for a small fee.
high/large/big
The school fees are extremely high.
a hefty/fat fee informal (=a very large fee)
Customers are being charged a hefty fee for their telephone service.
an annual/a monthly fee
An annual fee of £150 has been introduced.
an entrance/entry fee (=a fee to enter a place)
The gallery charges an entrance fee.
a membership fee (=a fee to become a member of a club or organization)
The gym’s yearly membership fee is £250.
a subscription fee (=a fee to receive copies of a newspaper or magazine)
You can pay the subscription fee by cheque.
school/college/university fees
She paid for her college fees by taking a part-time job as a waitress.
tuition fees (=money paid for being taught)
Many universities now charge tuition fees for these courses.
doctor’s/lawyer’s/accountant’s etc fees
We need to find the money for the doctor’s fees somehow.
legal/medical fees
She received £300 compensation after legal fees had been deducted.
a flat/fixed/set fee (=a fee that is the same in every case)
You pay a flat fee for all the services that are provided.
a booking fee (also a service fee American English) (=a charge you pay when buying a ticket)
Tickets for the concert are £45, plus a booking fee.
a cancellation fee (=a charge for ending an agreement you have made to travel on a train, stay at a hotel etc)
A 10% cancellation fee will be charged if the booking is cancelled.
a licence fee British English (=the money a television licence costs)
The licence fee is set to rise again.
charge a fee
The accountant charged a big fee for his services.
pay a fee
You have to pay a small fee to rent a locker.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

fee
noun
1.
BAD: I didn't know that there would be a delivery fee.
GOOD: I didn't know that there would be a delivery charge.

Usage Note:
PRICE · COST · COSTS · CHARGE · FEE · RATE · RENTAL · FARE · RENT
Price The price of something is the amount of money that you must pay in order to buy it: ‘I’m interested in the car, but the price is too high.’ ‘Food prices are relatively low at present.’
Cost The cost of something is the amount of money you must pay to buy, do, make or use it: ‘the cost of having the car repaired was £340.’
The cost of living (fixed phrase) = the general amount that the people living in a particular area or country have to pay for necessary goods and services: ‘In urban areas the cost of living tends to be higher.’
Costs Your costs are the total amount of money you spend over a period of time in order to make or produce something, or continue an activity: ‘Our costs have doubled over the last five years as a result of the increase in oil prices.’
Charge A charge is the amount of money that you must pay for a service or to be allowed to use something: ‘The waiter explained that the bill included a 10% service charge.’ ‘There is also a small charge for delivery and installation.’
If you do not have to pay for something, it is provided free of charge : ‘The company has offered to install the software free of charge.’
Fee A fee is 1 a charge that you must pay to be allowed to do something: ‘Most art galleries charge an entrance fee.’ ‘Every new student has to pay a registration fee.’ 2 (usually fees) a charge that you must pay for professional services such as those provided by doctors, lawyers, consultants, tutors, schools etc: ‘My parents couldn’t afford the school fees.’ ‘Last year alone, the company paid over $12 million in legal fees.’
Rate A rate is the amount of money that you have to pay for a service or for hiring something, especially one that is calculated on an hourly, weekly or monthly basis: ‘His hourly rate is £60.’ ‘For a five-star hotel, the rates are very reasonable.’
See also CHEAP 1 (cheap)
Fare a fare is the cost of a journey on a buss, train etc: ‘How much is the train fare from Toronto to Montreal?’ ‘She spends $20 per week on bus fares.’
Rent is the money you pay every week or month to live in or use a places that doesn’t belong to you: ‘The rent is £500 inclusive of bills.’

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2.
BAD: We'd like some information about the types of room available and the hotel fees.
GOOD: We'd like some information about the types of room available and the hotel rates.

Usage Note:
See language note above

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3.
BAD: If you hire a television, there is a monthly fee to pay.
GOOD: If you hire a television, there is a monthly rental to pay.

Usage Note:
See language note above

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Common Errors ▲

cost the amount of money you need to buy or do something. Cost is usually used when talking in a general way about whether something is expensive or cheap rather than when talking about exact prices:
The cost of running a car is increasing.
the cost of raw materials
price the amount of money you must pay for something that is for sale:
They sell good-quality clothes at reasonable prices.
the price of a plane ticket to New York
value the amount of money that something is worth:
A new kitchen can increase the value of your home.
charge the amount that you have to pay for a service or to use something:
Hotel guests may use the gym for a small charge.
bank charges
fee the amount you have to pay to enter a place or join a group, or for the services of a professional person such as a lawyer or a doctor:
There is no entrance fee.
The membership fee is £125 a year.
legal fees
fare the amount you have to pay to travel somewhere by bus, plane, train etc:
I didn’t even have enough money for my bus fare.
fare increases
rent the amount you have to pay to live in or use a place that you do not own:
The rent on his apartment is $800 a month.
rate a charge that is set according to a standard scale:
Most TV stations offer special rates to local advertisers.
toll the amount you have to pay to travel on some roads or bridges:
You have to pay tolls on many French motorways.
cost a lot
Their hair products are really good but they cost a lot.
not cost much
Second hand clothes don’t cost much.
cost something per minute/hour/year etc
Calls cost only 2p per minute.
cost something per person
There’s a one-day course that costs £80 per person.
cost something per head (=per person)
The meal will cost about £20 per head.
not cost (somebody) a penny (=cost nothing)
Using the Internet, you can make phone calls that don’t cost a penny.
cost a fortune/cost the earth (=have a very high price)
If you use a lawyer, it will cost you a fortune.
cost a bomb/a packet British English (=have a very high price)
He has a new sports car that must have cost a bomb.
cost an arm and a leg (=have a price that is much too high)
A skiing holiday needn’t cost you an arm and a leg.
be especially spoken to cost a particular amount of money:
These shoes were only £5.
be priced at something to have a particular price – used when giving the exact price that a shop or company charges for something:
Tickets are priced at $20 for adults and $10 for kids.
retail at something to be sold in shops at a particular price – used especially in business:
The scissors retail at £1.99 in department stores.
sell/go for something used for saying what people usually pay for something:
Houses in this area sell for around £200,000.
fetch used for saying what people pay for something, especially at a public sale:
The painting fetched over $8,000 at auction.
A sports car built for Mussolini is expected to fetch nearly £1 million at auction.
set somebody back something informal to cost someone a lot of money:
A good set of speakers will set you back around £150.
come to if a bill comes to a particular amount, it adds up to that amount:
The bill came to £100 between four of us.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

rent to pay money to use a house, room, vehicle, piece of equipment, area of land etc:
He rented a room in a house on the Old Kent Road.
They flew out to New York and rented a car at the airport.
hire British English to pay money to use a car or a piece of clothing or equipment for a short period of time:
Why don't we hire a van for the day?
You can hire suits for weddings.
lease to have a legal agreement under which you pay money to a person or company in order to use a building, area of land, vehicle, piece of equipment etc for a fixed period of time :
They leased the offices from an American company.
The car is leased from BMW.
rent/rent something out to allow someone to use a house, room, vehicle, piece of equpiment, area of land etc in return for money:
She rents the flat out to students.
let/let something out to allow someone to use a room, house, building etc in return for money:
Some people don't want to let rooms to foreigners.
They let the house out while they were on holiday.
lease/lease something out to make a legal agreement which allows a person or company to use something that you own for a fixed period of time:
Santa Clara ' s Redevelopment Agency leased the existing city golf course to developers.
high
Rents in the city centre are very high.
low
Our workers get low rents and other advantages.
exorbitant (=extremely high)
Some landlords charge exorbitant rents.
fixed
The rent is fixed for three years.
affordable (=which people can easily pay)
The government plans to provide more homes at affordable rents.
the annual/monthly/weekly rent
Our annual rent is just over $15000.
ground rent British English (=rent paid to the owner of the land that a house, office etc is built on)
There is an additional ground rent of £30 per month.
a peppercorn rent British English (=an extremely low rent)
The colonel let us have the cottage for a peppercorn rent.
back rent (=rent you owe for an earlier period)
Mrs Carr said she is still owed several thousand dollars in back rent.
the rent is due (=it must be paid at a particular time)
The rent is due at the beginning of the week.
pay the rent
She couldn’t afford to pay the rent.
increase/raise the rent (also put up the rent British English)
The landlord wants to put up the rent.
fall behind with the rent/get behind on the rent (=fail to pay your rent on time)
You could be evicted if you fall behind with the rent.
collect the rent
His job is to collect the rents from the tenants.
the rent increases/goes up
The rent has gone up by over 50% in the last two years.
a rent increase
How can they justify such big rent increases?
rent arrears British English (=money that you owe because you have not paid your rent)
The most common debts were rent arrears.
a rent book British English (=a book that shows the payments you have made in rent)
cost the amount of money you need to buy or do something. Cost is usually used when talking in a general way about whether something is expensive or cheap rather than when talking about exact prices:
The cost of running a car is increasing.
the cost of raw materials
price the amount of money you must pay for something that is for sale:
They sell good-quality clothes at reasonable prices.
the price of a plane ticket to New York
value the amount of money that something is worth:
A new kitchen can increase the value of your home.
charge the amount that you have to pay for a service or to use something:
Hotel guests may use the gym for a small charge.
bank charges
fee the amount you have to pay to enter a place or join a group, or for the services of a professional person such as a lawyer or a doctor:
There is no entrance fee.
The membership fee is £125 a year.
legal fees
fare the amount you have to pay to travel somewhere by bus, plane, train etc:
I didn’t even have enough money for my bus fare.
fare increases
rate a charge that is set according to a standard scale:
Most TV stations offer special rates to local advertisers.
toll the amount you have to pay to travel on some roads or bridges:
You have to pay tolls on many French motorways.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲