FEES Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

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plural of fee

as in costs

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

present tense third-person singular of fee, chiefly Scottish

as in hires

to provide with a paying job the townspeople fee country lasses as housemaids, nurses, and cooks

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Recent Examples of fees

Noun

Last year, membership fees accounted for roughly two-thirds of the company’s profit. —

David Goldman, CNN Money, 31 May 2026 No one poured school fees or study-abroad plane tickets or holidays in Málaga and Mérida into her. —

Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026 Turns out, Goldman Sachs is the lead bank on the deal, which is good for us at the Club because the fees should be huge. —

Jim Cramer, CNBC, 31 May 2026 That was before a lawsuit was settled that will lower new trash-pickup fees and eliminate new parking fees in Balboa Park. —

Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026 And if [local governments] jack up sales tax and water and other fees, they get harmed. —

Jim Defede, CBS News, 31 May 2026 Lessons cost about $100 for a 50-minute in-person session or $75 for an online session, though fees vary based on age, level and location, among other factors. —

Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 24 May 2026 Combined, the two sides have spent about $700,000 in legal fees in a battle now focused on whether one of Virginia's few wildlife refuges should be allowed to expand. —

Dana Hedgpeth The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2026 In Manhattan, members-only clubs charge six-figure initiation fees. —

John Vorwald, Robb Report, 24 May 2026

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Devs can also cover users’ transaction fees thanks to gas sponsorship via Privy, simplifying onboarding and reducing friction for new users. —

Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026 The reforms reduced incentives for policyholders, contractors and attorneys to sue insurers with little risk of having to pay insurers’ attorneys fees whether or not the suits were successful. —

Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025

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Removing barriers for non-traditional students like prohibitive costs or complicated admissions and financial aid processes is one way to improve access, said Lane, who helps create the commission’s enrollment reports.

— Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
Industry groups warned that capping emissions too much and too quickly would push refineries out of the state and drive up already soaring energy costs.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026