FEE Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

fee 1 of 2

noun

ˈfē

Definition of fee

as in cost

the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something my dentist's fees seem to increase with every visit

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verb

chiefly Scottish

as in to hire

to provide with a paying job the townspeople fee country lasses as housemaids, nurses, and cooks

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Recent Examples of fee

Noun

Anyway, everything was paid for, topped off by a £525 BBC acting fee. — Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026 Terms of the deal weren’t revealed, but Prime Video is believed to be paying a license fee of around $15 million for global rights to the Emmys beginning in September 2027, according to sources. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026 The car features $47,705 worth of options, pushing its total price, including destination fees, to $296,100. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2026 But with the ticking fee looming, Paramount’s pressure campaign ramped up. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fee

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Noun

Tiisetso’s view For half a century, the cost of African borrowing has been set largely in New York by three firms that rate the 55 countries from a distance.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
That operational slowdown would subsequently reduce gasoline output and drive total domestic energy costs higher.

— , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of cost

Verb

The company began ramping up manufacturing and hiring earlier this year.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2026
The film, billed as a biographical dramedy, tells the story of a chaotic boardroom crisis at OpenAI in November 2023, when co-founder Altman was fired and then re-hired at the AI giant.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of hire

Verb

That expands the number of platforms capable of employing the system during defensive or offensive operations.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
His uncertain fate plays out in the present-day imagination of an unnamed curator of unspecified gender, who has been employed by the palace to dress some of its rooms for public viewing in the wake of an undescribed personal tragedy.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of employ

Verb

To help recruit a younger demographic, Clarins has teamed with Pop Mart to create product packaging featuring an illustrated girl character, named Molly in Paris.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
The advisor who ends up on a board wasn’t there to be recruited.

— Jennifer Hoffmann, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of recruit

Verb

In that government post paying almost $70,000 a year, Jamal acted as a liaison with the Somali community.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Last month, Democracy Docket surpassed 500,000 free email subscribers, the company first told Semafor, including 70,000 subscribers paying $10 a month or $120 per year.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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