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

Examples of user fee in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In Porter County, that meant a $176 initial court fee, a $90 informal adjustment fee, a $100 initial probation user fee and $25 in monthly probation fees. Claire Reid and Peter Breen, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Apr. 2024 Phoenix Suns get defensive, T-Wolves ideal playoff matchup: Takeaways from 3rd straight win Gutierrez said the tax is more like a user fee because people choose to come to the district. Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2024 But the agency moved forward anyway, knowing that some drivers would be incorrectly charged both user fees and penalties. Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024 Unlike national parks, which have line-item budgets but also collect entrance and user fees, the Sawtooth National Recreation Area’s funding isn’t tied to its visitation. Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 18 Aug. 2022 The draft would also require more oversight but give HRSA more money to do it through a user fee program. Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 6 Feb. 2024 Assuming existing city resources are inadequate or otherwise allocated, the city should press the state to seek user fees to replace diminishing gas taxes, given the ever increasing number of electric vehicles on the road whose owners circumvent this tax. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024 Wilson noted that the public portion of the funding will come from user fees and taxes collected within the new arena development — not from taxpayers across the city or state. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024 The hospital group has failed to pay the state its share of what is known as the health provider tax or hospital user fee, which requires every hospital, nursing home and other health care providers to pay the state a tax annually based on its revenues. Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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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 29 Apr. 2024.

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