/ fiː; NAmE / noun
1.
an amount of money that you pay for professional advice or services :
legal fees
Does the bank charge a fee for setting up the account?
fee-paying schools (= that you have to pay to go to)
➡ note at rate
2.
an amount of money that you pay to join an organization, or to do sth :
membership fees
There is no entrance fee to the gallery.
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French feu , fief , from medieval Latin feodum , feudum , ultimately of Germanic origin. Compare with feud and fief .