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How to use fee in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Fee means an amount charged in return for permission to do something. Example: “Due to inflation, the monthly gym fee is rising by 10% from January.”

Examples of fee by meaning

nounAn amount charged in return for permission to do something.

  • television license fee

nounAn amount charged ancillary to the (occasionally null) base cost of a product or service; an additional charge...

  • booking fee, late fee
  • no hidden fees; &nbsp the sticker price is $1 but all the extra fees push the price into triple digits; it costs just 4.99 and there are no fees

nounAn amount charged for something: the base cost of purchasing some thing, service, etc.

  • admission fee, membership fee, drivers' license fee
  • the fee for entry to the zoo is increasing from 50 to 60 dollars

nounA fixed rate or price charged for (chiefly white-collar) professional services.

  • lawyers' fees, tuition fee, bank fees, legal fees, consulting fee
  • Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30

nounSynonym of possession.

  • Cronshaw had told him that the facts of life mattered nothing to him who by the power of fancy held in fee the twin realms of space and time.1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage, chapter 121

More sentences with fee

  • Due to inflation, the monthly gym fee is rising by 10% from January.From the entry inflation
  • A freehold property is an estate in fee simple absolute in possession.From the entry absolute
  • The credit card company made an adjustment to my account to waive the late fee.From the entry adjustment
  • The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.From the entry party
  • For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.From the entry imprint
  • He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.From the entry corn
  • The school's cast iron policy on admissions fees left no leeway for needy students.From the entry cast iron
  • Even a small fee can be a barrier for some students.From the entry barrier
  • Please take the issue of database maintenance fees as an action item for next week.From the entry action item
  • A $10.00 late fee will be assessed on all overdue accounts.From the entry assess
  • You can legally park in the lot on weekends without paying the fee, they won't ticket you.From the entry legally
  • These late fees are larcenous. I should have read the fine print before signing.From the entry larcenous
  • The entrance fee is refundable if you choose not to stay for more than half an hour.From the entry refundable
  • Late fees and credit rating are an elaborate game of gotcha.From the entry game of gotcha
  • A: What about the late fee? B: Don't worry about it — it's only a little bit.From the entry don't worry
  • By charging a resort fee, a hotel is able to advertise an arbitrarily lower nightly rate.From the entry resort fee
  • He had to pay a entry fee of £5 for entering the stadium.From the entry entry fee
  • Use sufficient fees so the TX gets confirmed on time.From the entry tx
  • You may be charged an additional fee for late payment.From the entry additional
  • The power company suspended late fees during the pandemic.From the entry late
  • City will reportedly look to have a fee for Aguero.From the entry city
  • Is value-added tax payable on planning application fees?From the entry payable
  • She didn’t have the withal to pay the fee.From the entry withal
  • English university students will have to pay top-up fees.From the entry top-up
  • If you ignore them, the fees won't just drop off.From the entry drop off
  • The fees begin to accrue after a one-month grace period.From the entry grace period
  • Other costs associated with selling a home include surveyor's fees, legal fees, estate agent's commission, stamp duty and the VAT.From the entry surveyor
  • The fees were sky-high, so I refused to pay.From the entry sky-high
  • All the administrational costs are covered by the sign-up fee.From the entry administrational
  • The increase in student fees sparked off a campuswide protest.From the entry campuswide
  • The company barely lifted a finger, and yet it still raked in more than two million euros in consulting fees.From the entry rake in
  • We front-loaded the fees on the project.From the entry front-load

Meaning of fee

  1. noun An amount charged in return for permission to do something.
  2. noun An amount charged ancillary to the (occasionally null) base cost of a product or service; an additional charge, nominally for some additional privilege, ability or permission.
  3. noun An amount charged for something: the base cost of purchasing some thing, service, etc.

Full definition of fee

Questions about fee in a sentence

How do you use fee in a sentence?
Fee is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Due to inflation, the monthly gym fee is rising by 10% from January.”
What is a short sentence with fee?
“television license fee”
What does fee mean?
Fee means an amount charged in return for permission to do something.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fee (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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