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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
Section 102 of the PCSA would cap agent fees at 5% of the value of contracts. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Experts recommend looking for a high-yield savings account that is FDIC- or NCUA-insured, charges no monthly fees and offers a competitive annual percentage yield. — Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 In February, the City Council approved $940,000 in development fee waivers for the project’s design review application, an environmental consultant and the city attorney’s work on development agreements, among other things. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Longbridge has lower-than-average rates and doesn’t charge a service fee, which could cost up to $35 per month. — Liz Knueven,kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 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
  • Rising costs and a housing shortage are pricing many Spaniards out of the housing market, despite strong economic growth in Europe's fourth-largest economy.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Minneapolis officials estimated the crackdown’s economic cost at nearly $700 million.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of cost
Verb
  • Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Prediction market exchange Polymarket has hired a near three-decade Goldman Sachs veteran to help lead its push to attract Wall Street liquidity.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • In August, the court approved hiring a private child custody evaluator.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of hire
Noun
  • In the case of the Ratepayer Protection Act, Republicans were searching for an answer to Democratic attacks on data centers and the higher energy prices consumers fear will come from their construction.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The share price decline contrasts with the flood of capital pouring into humanoid robotics companies over the last 12 months or so.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of price
Verb
  • That expands the number of platforms capable of employing the system during defensive or offensive operations.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
  • His uncertain fate plays out in the present-day imagination of an unnamed curator of unspecified gender, who has been employed by the palace to dress some of its rooms for public viewing in the wake of an undescribed personal tragedy.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of employ
Verb
  • Israeli Defense Forces said Bik was involved in plotting attacks and recruiting new members.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The group is recruiting and supporting independent congressional candidates — including Kiley — across the country.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of recruit
Verb
  • That was in part to force the fathers to pay child maintenance, thus saving taxpayers’ money, but also supposedly to save the souls of both parents.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • From there, the five networks distribute footage to their local station affiliates and paying subscribers, including The Washington Post, which is a digital subscriber.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of pay

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