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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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
Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
This tally covers only federal lawsuits and does not include fees awarded to plaintiffs’ lawyers.
—Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
The Panama Canal Authority issued a statement late on Wednesday, rejecting the State Department’s claim that Panama’s government had agreed to no longer charge crossing fees for U.S. government vessels, a move that would save the U.S. millions of dollars a year.
—Reuters, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
The initiation fee was $40,000, plus another $12,000 annually.
—Justine Harman, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
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Their campus support, through direct transfers and student fees, totaled $31.6 million.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
This tally covers only federal lawsuits and does not include fees awarded to plaintiffs’ lawyers.
—Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
The Panama Canal Authority issued a statement late on Wednesday, rejecting the State Department’s claim that Panama’s government had agreed to no longer charge crossing fees for U.S. government vessels, a move that would save the U.S. millions of dollars a year.
—Reuters, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
The initiation fee was $40,000, plus another $12,000 annually.
—Justine Harman, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fee
Noun
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The price impact was muted, one study found, because retailers absorbed much of the cost through lower profit margins.—
Howard Schneider,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Housing costs in California continue to shoot upward, even as the state slowly builds its way out of a decades-long shortage.—
Kate Talerico,
The Mercury News,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Regional airline crews also are held to the same high training standards and minimum flight hours as mainline aviators, although because of the higher pay scales at mainline carriers, regional airlines often hire pilots that are newer to the industry.—
Zach Wichter,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Murray hired a lawyer, hoping to fight for custody.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Its share price has risen more than 40% since the beginning of the year.—
Harshita Mary Varghese and Casey Hall,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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These consumers are better able to absorb higher prices, as inflation has recently ticked up.—
Jordyn Holman,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Forest is made to enable programs that employ a quantum processor to provide traditional software new capabilities, similar to how a computer may have a graphics card.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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His warp drive solution to general relativity employs a region of perfectly flat space.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The trio will each recruit a group of the talented chefs and take them under their wings.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2025
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But the contracts on the chopping block also helped cover medical services, fund cancer programs, recruit doctors and provide burial services to veterans, according to internal VA documents reported Tuesday by The Washington Post.—
EMILY DAVIES AND HANNAH NATANSON THE WASHINGTON POST,
arkansasonline.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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The resort also pays for the catch the fishermen willing to sell them.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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The elementary school would be fully paid for by this state fund, Reinhart told the City Council.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Fee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fee. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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