fee

[ fee ]
/ fi /

noun

verb (used with object), feed, fee·ing.

to give a fee to.
Chiefly Scot. to hire; employ.

Origin of fee

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French fie, variant of fief fief. See feudal

OTHER WORDS FROM fee

fee·less, adjective o·ver·fee, noun su·per·fee, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for fee

fee
/ (fiː) /

noun

verb fees, feeing or feed

rare to give a fee to
mainly Scot to hire for a fee

Derived forms of fee

feeless, adjective

Word Origin for fee

C14: from Old French fie, of Germanic origin; see fief