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   fee

   /fiː/

   noun

   • 1. a payment made to a professional person or to a professional or public body in exchange for advice or services: "they were faced with legal fees of £3000"
   • ▪ money paid as part of a special transaction, for example for a privilege or for admission to something: "an annual membership fee"
   • ▪ money regularly paid to a school or similar institution for continuing services: "tuition fees have now reached $9000 a year"
   • 2. an estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service. historical

   verb

   • 1. make a payment to (someone) in return for services. rare

   Word Origin Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French feu, fief, from medieval Latin feodum, feudum, ultimately of Germanic origin. Compare with feu, feud, and fief.

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