fee

Pronunciation

• enPR: fē IPA: /fiː/
• Homophone: fi

Noun

fee (plural fees)

1. (law, historical) A right to the use of a superior's land as a stipend for certain services to be performed, typically military service.
2. (law, historical) Synonym of fief: the land so held.
3. (law, historical) An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of performance of certain services, typically military service.
4. (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).
5. (figurative, obsolete) Synonym of possession.
6. (obsolete) Money paid or bestowed; payment; emolument.
7. (obsolete) A prize or reward. Only used in the set phrase "A finder's fee" in Modern English.
8. An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good that is minor compared to the underlying cost.

Verb

fee (third-person singular simple present fees, present participle feeing, simple past and past participle feed)

1. To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.

Anagrams

• EFE, eef

Noun

fee (plural feë, diminutive feetjie)

1. fairy, pixie

Pronunciation

• IPA: /feː/
• Hyphenation: fee

Noun

fee f (plural feeën, diminutive feetje n)

1. (folklore) fairy

Verb

fee

1. second-person singular imperative of feeën

Verb

fee

1. to weave, knit
2. to plait, braid
3. to interlace, intertwine
4. to mat

Noun

fee m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. verbal noun of fee

Noun

fee m

1. genitive singular of feeagh
2. plural of feeagh

Mutation

Noun

fee

1. Alternative form of fey (“liver”)

Noun

fee n

1. (non-standard since 1917) definite singular of fe

Noun

fee f (plural fee)

1. fairy

Pronunciation

• IPA: /feː/

Noun

fee n (no plural)

1. livestock

Noun

fee c (plural feeën, diminutive feeke)

1. fairy