n.
- a payment made to a professional person or to a professional or public body in exchange for advice or services.
▸a charge made for a privilege such as admission.
- Law, historical an estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.
v.
(fees, feeing, fee'd or feed)
rare pay a fee to.
Phrase
- hold something in fee
Law, historical hold an estate in return for feudal service to a superior.
Etymology
ME: from an Anglo-Norman Fr. var. of OFr. feu, fief, from med. L. feodum, feudum, ult. of Gmc origin; cf. feu and fief.
