fee

fee
noun
  1. a payment made to a professional person or to a professional or public body in exchange for advice or services
    专业服务费;咨询费
    ■money paid as part of a special transaction, for example for a privilege or for admission to something
    (为特殊事务,如特权或进入权支付的)手续费
    the gallery charges an admission fee.
    这个美术馆要收门票。
    ■(一般作 fees)money regularly paid (especially to a school or similar institution) for continuing services
    (交给学校或类似机构的)固定费用;学费
    tuition fees have now reached $9000 a year.
    学费现在已达每年9,000美元。
  2. (Law, historical)an estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service
    (律 史)封地,采邑
(fees, fee'dfeed, feeing)
  1. [with obj.](rare)make a payment to (someone) in return for services
    (罕)付给(某人)服务费
常用词组
hold something in fee
  1. (Law, historical)hold an estate in return for feudal service to a superior
    (律 史)(因履行封建义务而)获封(土地),拥有(封地)
语源
  1. 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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