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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Because some countries' systems were funded by user fees, air traffic control operators ran into trouble when air travel dramatically decreased due to the pandemic.
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Joe Hernandez, NPR, 27 June 2025
Annual and authorized user fees The overhauled Chase Sapphire Reserve annual fee is $795, up from $550.
—Ryley Amond, CNBC, 24 June 2025
If successful, these new user fees would represent the first new funding streams into the Highway Trust Fund in more than 30 years.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
Nearly all staff who negotiate the FDA's user fees with health care industry players were let go, according to Politico's AgencyIQ.
HHS did not respond to Axios' questions about the layoffs.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
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Joe Hernandez, NPR, 27 June 2025
Annual and authorized user fees The overhauled Chase Sapphire Reserve annual fee is $795, up from $550.
—Ryley Amond, CNBC, 24 June 2025
If successful, these new user fees would represent the first new funding streams into the Highway Trust Fund in more than 30 years.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
Nearly all staff who negotiate the FDA's user fees with health care industry players were let go, according to Politico's AgencyIQ.
HHS did not respond to Axios' questions about the layoffs.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
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“User fee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/user%20fee. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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