Definition of "fee" []

• A fixed sum charged, as by an institution or by law, for a privilege: a license fee; tuition fees. (noun)
• A charge for professional services: a surgeon's fee. (noun)
• A tip; a gratuity. (noun)
• Law An inherited or heritable estate in land. (noun)
• In feudal law, an estate in land granted by a lord to his vassal on condition of homage and service. Also called feud2, fief. (noun)

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• "Ordered, That the committee on the Judiciary consider the expediency of such legislation as will abolish the term fee paid to clerks of courts on suits entered, and proceed - ings commenced prior to the first day of July, 1688."
• "Taxes go to government general funds, but fees, according to California law, must go to fix problems linked to the activity the fee is attached to."
• "I think this fee is a reasonably good idea from a policy standpoint."