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English
Etymology
From Middle English fee , fe , feh , feoh , from Old English feoh ( “ cattle, property, wealth, money, payment, tribute, fee ” ) with contamination from Old French fieu , fief (from Medieval Latin fevum , a variant of feudum (see feud ), from Frankish *fehu ( “ cattle, livestock ” ) ; whence fief ), both from Proto-Germanic *fehu ( “ cattle, sheep, livestock, owndom ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu ( “ livestock ” ) .
Cognate with Old High German fihu ( “ cattle, neat ” ) , Scots fe , fie ( “ cattle, sheep, livestock, deer, goods, property, wealth, money, wages ” ) , West Frisian fee ( “ livestock ” ) , Dutch vee ( “ cattle, livestock ” ) , Low German Veeh ( “ cattle, livestock, property ” ) , Veh , German Vieh ( “ cattle, livestock ” ) , Danish fæ ( “ cattle, beast, dolt ” ) , Swedish fä ( “ beast, cattle, dolt ” ) , Norwegian fe ( “ cattle ” ) , Icelandic fé ( “ livestock, assets, money ” ) , Latin pecū ( “ cattle ” ) , Sanskrit पशु ( paśu , “ cattle ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
fee (plural fees )
An amount charged for a privilege.
late fee ; license fee , admission fee ; activation fee ; service fee
An amount charged for professional services.
legal fees ; consulting fees
2013 July 19, Peter Wilby , “Finland spreads word on schools ”, in The Guardian Weekly , volume 189 , number 6, page 30 :Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.
( Can we verify (+ ) this sense?) An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good , especially one that is minor compared to the underlying cost.
( law ) An inheritable estate in land , whether absolute and without limitation to potential heirs (fee simple ) or with limitations to particular kinds of heirs (fee tail ).
( law , historical ) A right to the use of a superior 's land as a stipend for certain services to be performed , typically military service .
( law , historical ) Synonym of fief : the land so held .
( law , historical ) An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of performance of certain services , typically military service .
( figurative , obsolete ) Synonym of possession .
1807 , William Wordsworth, “On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic”, in Poems in Two Volumes :Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee ;
1844 , The Heritage , by James Russell Lowell
What doth the poor man's son inherit? / Stout muscles and a sinewy heart, / A hardy frame, a hardier spirit; / King of two hands, he does his part / In every useful toil and art; / A heritage, it seems to me, / A king might wish to hold in fee .
( obsolete ) Money paid or bestowed; payment; emolument .
( obsolete ) A prize or reward . Only used in the set phrase "A finder's fee" in Modern English.
Derived terms
Translations
monetary payment charged for professional services
Albanian: taksë (sq) f , tarifë (sq) f
Arabic: رَسْم (ar) m ( rasm )
Armenian: վարձ (hy) ( varj )
Azerbaijani: haqq (az)
Basque: tasa , zerga
Belarusian: ганара́р m ( hanarár ) , пла́та f ( pláta ) , мы́та f ( mýta ) , по́шліна f ( póšlina ) , збор (be) m ( zbor ) , та́кса f ( táksa )
Bulgarian: хонора́р (bg) m ( honorár ) , възнагражде́ние (bg) n ( vǎznagraždénie )
Burmese: လာဘ် (my) ( labh ) , ကြေး (my) ( kre: ) , လုပ်ခ (my) ( luphka. )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 費 / 费 (zh) ( fèi )
Czech: poplatek (cs) m , honorář m
Danish: gebyr (da) n
Dutch: prijs (nl) m , honorarium (nl) n , heffing (nl) n
Esperanto: honorario
Faroese: gjald n , avgjald n , ágáva f
Finnish: palkkio (fi) , maksu (fi)
French: honoraires (fr) pl , tarif (fr) m
Galician: tarifa f
Georgian: საზღაური ( sazɣauri ) , გასამრჯელო ( gasamrǯelo ) , შესატანი ( šesaṭani ) , გადასახადი ( gadasaxadi ) , ჰონორარი ( honorari ) , ჯილდო (ka) ( ǯildo ) , მოსაკრებელი ( mosaḳrebeli )
German: Gebühr (de) f
Greek: αμοιβή (el) f ( amoiví )
Ancient Greek: μίσθωμα n ( místhōma )
Greenlandic: akiliut
Hindi: शुल्क (hi) m ( śulk ) , वेतन (hi) m ( vetan ) , फ़ीस f pl ( fīs )
Hungarian: díj (hu)
Icelandic: gjald (is) n
Irish: táille (ga) f
Italian: tassa (it) f , tariffa (it) f , quota (it) f , onorario (it) m , emolumento (it) m , retta (it) f
Japanese: 料金 (ja) ( りょうきん, ryōkin ) , 費 (ja) ( ひ, hi )
Kazakh: баж (kk) ( baj ) , алым ( alym ) , төлем ( tölem )
Khmer: ឈ្នួល (km) ( chnuəl ) , អាករ (km) ( ʼaakɑɑ ) , ពន្ធ (km) ( pŭən )
Korean: 요금(料金) (ko) ( yogeum ) , 료금(料金) (ko) ( ryogeum ) ( North Korea ) , 비(費) (ko) ( bi )
Kyrgyz: алым (ky) ( alım )
Lao: ຣຶຊາ ( rư sā ) , ອາກອນ ( ʼā kǭn ) , ພາສີ (lo) ( phā sī )
Latin: feudum n , honōrārium n , mercēs (la) f , pretium n , salārium n , stīpendium n
Latvian: maksa f
Lithuanian: rinkliava f
Macedonian: хонора́р m ( honorár ) , такса f ( taksa )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хураамж (mn) ( xuraamž )
Northern Sami: máksu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: avgift m , gebyr n , honorar (no) n
Nynorsk: honorar n
Persian:
Dari: دَسْتْمُزْد ( dastmuzd ) , هَزینَه ( hazēna )
Iranian Persian: دَسْتْمُزْد ( dastmozd ) , هَزینِه ( hazine )
Polish: opłata (pl) f , honorarium (pl) n
Portuguese: taxa (pt) f , honorário (pt)
Romanian: taxă (ro) f , tarif (ro) n
Russian: ( royalty, honorarium ) гонора́р (ru) m ( gonorár ) , по́шлина (ru) f ( póšlina ) , взнос (ru) m ( vznos ) , пла́та (ru) f ( pláta ) , сбор (ru) m ( sbor ) , вознагражде́ние (ru) n ( voznagraždénije ) , та́кса (ru) f ( táksa )
Scottish Gaelic: tuarasdal m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: при́стојба f , та̏кса f
Roman: prístojba (sh) f , tȁksa (sh) f
Slovak: poplatok m , honorár m
Slovene: pristojbina f
Spanish: honorario m , tarifa (es) f , cuota (es) f
Swahili: karo (sw) , ada (sw)
Swedish: avgift (sv) c
Tajik: ҳаққи (tg) ( haqq-i ) , дастмузд ( dastmuzd ) , ҳазина ( hazina )
Telugu: ఫీజు ( phīju )
Thai: ฤชา (th) ( rʉ́-chaa ) , ค่า (th) ( kâa ) , ภาษี (th) ( paa-sǐi )
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: harç (tr) , ücret (tr)
Ukrainian: гонора́р m ( honorár ) , пла́та f ( pláta ) , вне́сок (uk) m ( vnésok ) , ми́то n ( mýto ) , збір m ( zbir ) , та́кса f ( táksa )
Urdu: فِیس f ( fīs )
Uzbek: poshlina (uz) , haq (uz) , boj (uz)
Vietnamese: phí (vi) , lệ phí (vi)
Verb
fee (third-person singular simple present fees , present participle feeing , simple past and past participle feed )
To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.
1693 , John Dryden , “The Third Satire of Aulus Persius Flaccus”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis :In vain for Hellebore the patient cries / And fees the doctor; but too late is wise
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Macbeth ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :There's not a one of them but in his house I keep a servant feed .
1847 , Herman Melville , Omoo :We departed the grounds without seeing Marbonna; and previous to vaulting over the picket, feed our pretty guide, after a fashion of our own.
1859 , Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds :It was at a much earlier hour than that which Mrs. Santon had named, that Delwood presented himself, and handsomely feeing the porter who answered his summons, he asked to see Miss Santon [ …]
See also
References
“fee ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch fee .
Pronunciation
Noun
fee (plural feë , diminutive feetjie )
fairy , pixie
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French fée , from Middle French , from Old French fae , from Latin fāta , from fātum .
Pronunciation
Noun
fee f (plural feeën , diminutive feetje n )
( folklore ) fairy
Derived terms
Descendants
Afrikaans: fee
→ West Frisian: fee
Luxembourgish
Verb
fee
second-person singular imperative of feeën
Manx
Etymology 1
From Old Irish figid , from Proto-Celtic *wegyeti ( “ to weave, compose ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *weg- ( “ to spin, weave ” ) . Cognate with Irish figh .
Verb
fee
to weave , knit
to plait , braid
to interlace , intertwine
to mat
Noun
fee m (genitive singular , plural )
verbal noun of fee
Etymology 2
Noun
fee m
genitive singular of feeagh
plural of feeagh
Mutation
Middle English
Noun
fee
Alternative form of fey ( “ liver ” )
Murui Huitoto
Etymology
Cognates include Minica Huitoto fee and Nüpode Huitoto pee .
Pronunciation
Root
fee
flying
Derived terms
References
Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017 ) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia. , Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 556
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
fee n
(non-standard since 1917 ) definite singular of fe
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French fée .
Noun
fee f (plural fee )
fairy
Declension
singular
plural
indefinite
definite
indefinite
definite
nominative-accusative
fee
feea
fee
feele
genitive-dative
fee
feei
fee
feelor
vocative
fee , feeo
feelor
West Frisian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian fia , from Proto-West Germanic *fehu .
Noun
fee n (no plural )
livestock
Further reading
“fee (II) ”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Dutch fee , from French fée .
Noun
fee c (plural feeën , diminutive feeke )
fairy
Further reading
“fee (I) ”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011