- fee
- nounADJECTIVE▪ exorbitant, fat (informal), hefty, high, huge, large, substantial▪
I expect you had to pay a fat fee to your divorce lawyers.
▪ low, modest, nominal, reasonable, small▪We had to pay a nominal fee to join the club.
▪Their fees are reasonable.
▪ fixed, flat, set▪Many tax advisers now offer fixed-fee interviews.
▪ full▪ reduced▪ normal, standard, usual▪ appropriate▪Send the form, together with the appropriate fee, to this address.
▪ additional, extra, top-up (BrE)▪There is no additional fee for this insurance cover.
▪university top-up fees
▪ late (esp. AmE), outstanding (esp. BrE), unpaid (esp. BrE)▪We will be taking active steps to collect the outstanding fees.
▪ upfront▪ annual, hourly, monthly, yearly▪ one-off (BrE), one-time (AmE)▪ enrolment/enrollment, initiation (AmE)▪a $1 200 initiation fee
▪ attorney (AmE), court, filing (AmE), legal▪ consultancy (esp. BrE), consulting (esp. AmE), contingency, management, professional▪the professional fees of the lawyers and accountants involved
▪ admission, entrance, entry, joining (esp. BrE), membership, subscription▪a £30 membership fee
▪ user▪ administration (esp. AmE), administrative (esp. AmE), application, arrangement (BrE), booking (BrE), cancellation, franchise (esp. AmE), handling, licence/license, licensing, processing, referral, registration, royalty, service (esp. AmE), set-up, transaction▪ college (BrE), course (BrE), school (BrE), student, tuition▪ rental▪ maintenance (esp. AmE)▪ parking▪ transfer (= charges paid by a sports team buying a player from another team) (BrE)▪ green (BrE), greens (= a charge to use a golf course) (AmE)VERB + FEE▪ charge, impose▪They charge higher fees to overseas students.
▪ incur▪Employees are reimbursed for any legal fees incurred when they relocate.
▪ pay▪ collect, command, earn, generate, receive▪The company will earn a fee for every barrel of oil produced.
▪ waive▪He agreed to waive his usual fee.
▪ refund, reimburse▪ increase, raise▪ lower, reduce▪ agree (BrE), negotiate▪She negotiated a fee of $1 800 a week.
▪ set▪Freelance writers often set their own fees.
▪ cover▪You'll need money to cover fees and expenses.
▪ affordFEE + VERB▪ be due, be payable▪All fees are payable when the invoice is issued.
▪ apply▪Additional security fees apply.
▪ cover sth, include sth▪The fee includes the cost of testing the electric wiring.
▪ go up, increase, rise▪The admission fee has gone up.
FEE + NOUN▪ income, revenue▪The company's consultancy fee income rose by 3% last year.
▪ payment▪ schedule (AmE)▪ structure▪ increasePREPOSITION▪ for a fee▪For a small fee, anyone can use these facilities.
▪ fee for▪We now charge a fee for museum entrance.
▪ fee on▪the administrative fees on the pension scheme
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
