fee

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Noun

1. An amount charged in return for [[permission]] to do something:
2. A fixed [[rate]] or [[price]] charged for (chiefly [[white-collar]]) professional services.
3. {{lb|en|law}} An [[inheritable]] [[estate in land]], whether [[absolute]] and [[without]] [[limitation]] to [[potential]] [[heir]]s ([[fee simple]]) or with [[limitation]]s to [[particular]] [[kind]]s of [[heir]]s ([[fee tail]]).
4. {{lb|en|law|historical}} A [[right]] to the [[use]] of a [[superior]]'s [[land]] as a [[stipend]] for [[certain]] [[service]]s to be [[performed]], [[typically]] [[military service]].
5. {{lb|en|law|historical}} {{synonym of|en|fief}}: the [[land]] [[so]] [[held]].
6. {{lb|en|law|historical}} An [[inheritable]] [[estate in land]] [[held]] of a [[feudal]] [[lord]] [[on condition]] of [[performance]] of [[certain]] [[service]]s, [[typically]] [[military service]].
7. {{lb|en|figurative|obsolete}} {{synonym of|en|possession}}.
8. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Money paid or bestowed; payment; [[emolument]].
9. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[prize]] or [[reward]]. Only used in the set phrase "A finder's fee" in Modern English.

Verb

1. To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.
2. {{given name|en|female|dimof=Fiona}}.

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