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
Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
For orders under $49, a flat shipping fee applies.
—Jessie Quinn, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
The cost per night, including taxes and additional fees (cleaning fees are often extra—and not optional), can quickly add up.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
To get their car back, the driver has to pay any outstanding fines and towing costs — at least $150, plus $25 daily storage fees.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Dunleavy also imposed $5,070 in court fees against MacDonald.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
For orders under $49, a flat shipping fee applies.
—Jessie Quinn, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
The cost per night, including taxes and additional fees (cleaning fees are often extra—and not optional), can quickly add up.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
To get their car back, the driver has to pay any outstanding fines and towing costs — at least $150, plus $25 daily storage fees.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fee
Noun
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According to The Dallas Morning News, the new junior tour will feature 10-12 events in 2026, eliminating entry fees and membership costs.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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But the intense grind, loss and cost of the summer months has still left Pokrovsk, Kupiansk and Kostyantynivka in Ukrainian hands.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But as multiple advertising world sources note, Apple has hired its fair share of TV and streaming video veterans over the past couple of years, which, when combined with this newfound desire to cut deals to expand Apple TV’s reach, is certainly suggestive of broader ambitions.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Oct. 2025
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As part of its hiring blitz, the agency has dropped age, training and education standards and has offered recruits signing bonuses as high as $50,000.—
J. David McSwane,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The group's annual Halloween consumer survey for 2025 indicates 79% of consumers expect higher prices directly related to tariffs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Oct. 2025
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Agricultural adaptation can be costly and force farmers to raise their prices, although their pumpkins are smaller.—
Asher Redd,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But American manufacturing looks very different from five decades ago, when millions of workers were employed to perform specific tasks along assembly lines.—
Joel Williams,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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Companies that employ geopolitical foresight will be better equipped to navigate disruption and unlock growth opportunities.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Revolutionary groups, often recruited from universities and the intelligentsia, were soon carrying out terrorist attacks in the cities.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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Ring of Fire Skull recruited Dusty Summers from a club in Las Vegas.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Lowdown is paying tribute to its late star, Graham Greene.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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Their separation came five years after the couple were entangled in the Operation Varsity Blues scandal, pleading guilty to wire and mail fraud related to paying hundreds of thousands in bribes to get their daughters into the University of Southern California.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Fee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fee. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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