as in cost
the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something
my dentist's fees seem to increase with every visit
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as in to hire
to provide with a paying job
the townspeople fee country lasses as housemaids, nurses, and cooks
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Recent Examples of fee
Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Complicating matters was $100 million in mitigation fees Bal Harbour Shops had to pay for permission to proceed with the expansion.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
There is no minimum spending limit or extra fees, and the card can be used as many times as needed each month as long as there are funds on it.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
On Tuesday, the companies jointly filed a settlement in federal court in San Francisco, agreeing to changes that lower fees and expand choice for developers and users.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
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Noun
The monthly fee of $50 covers the service, a modem/router kit, and gives access to Cox’s cable network infrastructure.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Complicating matters was $100 million in mitigation fees Bal Harbour Shops had to pay for permission to proceed with the expansion.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
There is no minimum spending limit or extra fees, and the card can be used as many times as needed each month as long as there are funds on it.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
On Tuesday, the companies jointly filed a settlement in federal court in San Francisco, agreeing to changes that lower fees and expand choice for developers and users.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fee
Noun
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Many young consumers, already juggling high costs for food, rent, and education, and crushed by an unsympathetic labor market, are entering adulthood with the self-care budget of a socialite twice their age.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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The Water Utilities has to study demographics and costs once the first two questions are answered.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Investigations found the voicemails of public figures were hacked by journalists and private investigators hired by publications who worked on the assumption that few people changed the default voicemail access code their handset came with.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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When Bournemouth hired Iraola the following summer, Perez was invited to replace him but chose instead to accompany his pal to the Premier League.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Think portable chargers that actually keep up with long travel days, and Samsonite luggage at wallet-friendly prices.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
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Morgan Stanley lowered its rating on shares to equal weight from overweight and cut its price target $81 from $179, saying the company’s new efforts to rebuild its offerings will take time.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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Trucking employs millions of drivers across the United States, and experts predict that job roles will evolve as fleets adopt autonomous systems.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Many of those bases employ local workers in roles ranging from food service and construction to logistics and maintenance.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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Friedrichsen, recruited heavily by the Wildcats out of high school, played two seasons for the Demon Deacons before hitting the portal and landing with McKillop’s 2025-26 squad.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Nov. 2025
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Russia recruited some 420,000 personnel in 2024 and over 300,000 in 2025—numbers that have enabled its relentless, if costly, infantry assaults.—
Jack Watling,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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In Cincinnati, at least 10 doctors have received over $1 million in industry payments, according to an Enquirer investigation, with Archdeacon and Sagi being fifth and seventh highest paid on the list, respectively.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
12 Nov. 2025
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The first tranche of stock gets paid out if Tesla hits a market capitalization of $2 trillion, about $500 billion more than the current valuation.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Fee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fee. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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