Antonyms for fees

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fee

Phonetic Transcription : fi

Definition of fees

Origin : late 13c., from Old French fieu, fief "fief, possession, holding, domain; feudal duties, payment," from Medieval Latin feodum "land or other property whose use is granted in return for service," widely said to be from Frankish *fehu-od "payment-estate," or a similar Germanic compound, in which the first element is cognate with Old English feoh "money, movable property, cattle" (also German Vieh "cattle," Gothic faihu "money, fortune"), from PIE *peku- "cattle" (cf. Sanskrit pasu, Lithuanian pekus "cattle;" Latin pecu "cattle," pecunia "money, property"); second element similar to Old English ead "wealth."
OED rejects this, and suggests a simple adaptation of Germanic fehu, leaving the Medieval Latin -d- unexplained. Sense of "payment for services" first recorded late 14c. Fee-simple is "absolute ownership," as opposed to fee-tail "entailed ownership," inheritance limited to some particular class of heirs (second element from Old French taillir "to cut, to limit").

noun charge for service or privilege

Example sentences :

You are not placed near them for that, but only to receive your fees and to prescribe remedies.
Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire

Every Monday morning, we had to carry our fees to the master.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

Experience is a good school, but its fees are terribly high!
Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby

He had no money even to pay the fees necessary to get it patented.
Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson

It's going to be a bit of a pinch, with fees and books, and living and clothes into the bargain.
Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer

His success at the Bar was moderate, but his fees increased steadily if slowly.
Extract from : « Sir Walter Scott » by George Saintsbury

They give everywhere more than value for the fees which they receive.
Extract from : « Irish Books and Irish People » by Stephen Gwynn

It was with great difficulty that I got him at last to take his fees.
Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore

In New Jersey, an advocate's fees are not recoverable at law.
Extract from : « An Essay on Professional Ethics » by George Sharswood

Provincial justices of the peace are paid by litigantsʼ fees only.
Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman

Synonyms for fees

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