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noun

ˈfē How to pronounce fee (audio)
Definition of feenext
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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verb

chiefly Scottish
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
Noun
Blake Lively can recover about $400,000 in attorneys’ fees from Justin Baldoni’s production company over his defamation lawsuit against her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. — Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026 By selling Joveljic within Major League Soccer, Sporting KC can convert up to $3 million of his $6 million transfer fee into General Allocation Money (GAM). — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 The Senate plan also would place limits on attorneys fees for claims and calls for limiting the ability of lawyers to advertise after a disaster. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026 But the relationship turned litigious when Wagoner sued her in 1979 for millions in management fees and royalties. — Kristin M. Hall, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fee
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fee
  1. cost
  2. hire
  3. price
  4. employ
  5. recruit
  6. pay
Noun
  • Theoretically, Newcastle had decent capacity to bring in a forward from both a Premier League squad cost ratio (SCR) and a UEFA financial rules perspective.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Behrouz Mehri | Afp | Getty Images France's deteriorating public finances and political deadlock are becoming a growing concern for bond investors, with borrowing costs near financial-crisis-era highs as another difficult budget battle looms.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of cost
Verb
  • Dismissing the general manager who hired Espada doesn’t bode well, but Crane made a clear distinction between the two men during the aftermath.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Scott hired Luca Khouri, a Jamaican artist, to photograph the campaign at the end of March, which was styled by Marika-Ella Ames.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of hire
Noun
  • Breman noted that price shocks stemming from the Middle East conflict have not fully dissipated.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • And with oil prices showing no sign of returning to pre-Iran war levels this year, pressure is increasing on the Fed to combat that sticky inflation by raising interest rates at its next policy-setting meeting in September.
    — Brian Cheung, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of price
Verb
  • This metric measures the proportion of the working-age population that is either employed or actively seeking employment.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The same restraint applies to professors, who will not be permitted to employ AI to write syllabuses or course materials.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of employ
Verb
  • Serving as the territory’s secretary of education between 2013 and 2017, overseeing all of its public schools from kindergarten through high school, he was recruited to Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 as a teacher.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Somebody had to recruit before UCF was a recognizable national brand.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of recruit
Verb
  • Swift also paid tribute to Parton’s prolific and breathtaking body of work and her philanthropic efforts across the globe.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Connie Britton paid tribute to Dolly Parton, less than two weeks after the loss of her Nashville costar Hayden Panettiere.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026
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