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noun

ˈfē How to pronounce fee (audio)
Definition of feenext
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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verb

chiefly Scottish
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
Noun
Blake Lively can recover about $400,000 in attorneys’ fees from Justin Baldoni’s production company over his defamation lawsuit against her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. — Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026 By selling Joveljic within Major League Soccer, Sporting KC can convert up to $3 million of his $6 million transfer fee into General Allocation Money (GAM). — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 The Senate plan also would place limits on attorneys fees for claims and calls for limiting the ability of lawyers to advertise after a disaster. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026 But the relationship turned litigious when Wagoner sued her in 1979 for millions in management fees and royalties. — Kristin M. Hall, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fee
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fee
  1. cost
  2. hire
  3. price
  4. employ
  5. recruit
  6. pay
Noun
  • The cost of powering homes is also up, with electricity and piped gas both costing around 4% more annually.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • This points to global streaming services nearing a precipice for cost increases, as the proliferation of services available and a general caution around spending mean consumers are becoming less likely to accept higher and higher demands.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of cost
Verb
  • In December, Nvidia bought assets from the AI chip startup for about $20 billion in its largest deal on record and hired Groq founder Jonathan Ross, president Sunny Madra and a group of engineers.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
  • After reviewing cellphone videos, investigators hired by BART concluded that Pirone pushed Grant against a wall, struck him in the head and kneed him in the face.
    — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of hire
Noun
  • Breman noted that price shocks stemming from the Middle East conflict have not fully dissipated.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • And with oil prices showing no sign of returning to pre-Iran war levels this year, pressure is increasing on the Fed to combat that sticky inflation by raising interest rates at its next policy-setting meeting in September.
    — Brian Cheung, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of price
Verb
  • Even if a job listing is not a scam, a company may post a role while planning to hire internally or recruiting someone already employed elsewhere.
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Nearly a decade later, the populist movement has become strong, emboldened to employ an increasingly aggressive narrative towards the immigrant community in the region, especially Muslims.
    — Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of employ
Verb
  • The boyfriend of an 18-year-old college soccer player in Washington County, Pennsylvania, is accused of fatally stabbing her, putting her body in the hatch of her vehicle and recruiting his mother for help disposing of the body, authorities said.
    — Michael Guise, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • How Gates applied the course to her advantage Gates turned to the network of students to recruit employees for her then-budding startup, Phia, according to the Stanford Daily.
    — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of recruit
Verb
  • Swift also paid tribute to Parton’s prolific and breathtaking body of work and her philanthropic efforts across the globe.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Connie Britton paid tribute to Dolly Parton, less than two weeks after the loss of her Nashville costar Hayden Panettiere.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026
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