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. 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 See All Example Sentences for user fee

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of user fee was in 1967

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“User fee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/user%20fee. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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