Fee
Definition of Fee
Pronunciation: fē n. | 1. | property; possession; tenure. | | 2. | Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be rendered; especially, payment for professional services, of optional amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge; pay; perquisite; as, the fees of lawyers and physicians; the fees of office; clerk's fees; sheriff's fees; marriage fees, etc. | | 3. | (Feud. Law) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief. | | 4. | (Eng. Law) An estate of inheritance supposed to be held either mediately or immediately from the sovereign, and absolutely vested in the owner. | | 5. | (Amer. Law) An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and simply, without condition attached to the tenure. | v. t. | 1. | To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe. |
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