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

Oldfield reportedly told the bank that Epstein brought in more than $1 million a year in fees and trading income, a figure consistent with earlier internal estimates that had pitched his potential value at $2 million to $4 million annually, according to the Financial Times. —

Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 17 May 2026 Cairo has leveraged the Suez Canal’s strategic location to host many subsea cables linking Europe and Asia, generating hundreds of millions of dollars annually in transit and licensing fees. —

Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 17 May 2026 Raman has pledged her support for expanding the state’s $750-million tax incentive program, streamlining permitting and lowering fees and eliminating those for small productions. —

Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026 The initial move generally includes visa and other paperwork processing fees of a few hundred dollars, plus up to tens of thousands for transportation and shipping costs. —

Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 17 May 2026 Free transfers aren’t rare in the women’s game, even at the top, given the relative nascency of million-pound transfer fees and the historic short-term nature of deals. —

Megan Feringa, New York Times, 17 May 2026 With fees ultra-competitive, there is no reason for most investors to include funds from multiple asset managers. —

Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 Legitimate scholarships and federal financial aid applications do not charge application or processing fees. —

Janay Reece, CBS News, 17 May 2026 Without taxes due, everyone who was charged penalties or fees during those years may qualify for a refund, lawyers said. —

Medora Lee, USA Today, 17 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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Khin Khin, resident of Myanmar’s biggest city Yangon and mother of two sons, said her daily costs have doubled from a year ago.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 16 May 2026
For the major ensemble pictures, like Wes Anderson’s frequent collaborators or splashy action films by the likes of Cruise the costs get to be truly eye-popping.

— Brent Lang, Variety, 16 May 2026