user fee
noun
: an excise tax often in the form of a license or supplemental charge levied to fund a public service
called also user's fee
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Airport user fees were used to purchase the truck for $699,000.
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Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2025
But questions are intensifying over the fate of FDA user fee programs, the measles response and, most recently, Kennedy's decision to end the federal recommendation for fluoride in drinking water.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
The user fees allow the agency to hire the extra scientists needed to conduct those reviews.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 23 Feb. 2025
Starting with the staff reductions ordered at the USCIS (which is funded by user fees, not tax dollars).
—Billal Rahman
dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
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Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2025
But questions are intensifying over the fate of FDA user fee programs, the measles response and, most recently, Kennedy's decision to end the federal recommendation for fluoride in drinking water.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
The user fees allow the agency to hire the extra scientists needed to conduct those reviews.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 23 Feb. 2025
Starting with the staff reductions ordered at the USCIS (which is funded by user fees, not tax dollars).
—Billal Rahman
dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
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“User fee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/user%20fee. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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