fee : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the fee charged for admission
  entrance money; admission charge; price of admission; admission; admission price; admission fee.
  

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• a fee or fief dependent on a superior fee, or a fee held of a feudatory.

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• formerly, an estate held at the will of the lord; now, a qualified fee. See note under Fee, n., 4.

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• noun food given to birds; usually mixed seeds
  birdseed; bird food.
  

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• noun dry mash for poultry
  scratch.
  
• noun an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
  methamphetamine; trash; shabu; ice; chalk; glass; crank; Methedrine; meth; methamphetamine hydrochloride; deoxyephedrine.
  

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• noun a fee that is payable only if the outcome is successful (as for an attorney's services)
  

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• noun a feed consisting primarily of corn gluten
  

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• noun feed given to young animals isolated in a creep
  

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• noun a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock
  dockage.
  

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• noun the administration of a solution (blood or saline or plasma etc.) one drop at a time
  

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• noun the fee charged for admission
  entrance money; admission charge; price of admission; admission; admission price; admission fee.
  

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• (Eng. Law), land or tenements held in fee in consideration or some acknowledgment or service rendered to the lord.

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• (Law), land held of another in fee, in consideration of an annual rent, without homage, fealty, or any other service than that mentioned in the feoffment; an estate in fee simple, subject to a perpetual rent. Blackstone.

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• (Eng. Law), a perpetual rent reserved upon a conveyance in fee simple.

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• (Scot. Law), certain court dues out of which the clerks and other court officers are paid.

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• noun a fee without limitation to any class of heirs; they can sell it or give it away
  

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• (Law), an absolute fee; a fee without conditions or limits.

  Buy the fee simple of my life for an hour and a quarter. Shak.

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• noun payment (usually by doctors or lawyers) of part of the fee in return for the referral
  

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• noun a fee limited to a particular line of heirs; they are not free to sell it or give it away
  

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• (Law), an estate of inheritance, limited and restrained to some particular heirs. Burill.

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Fee`-faw`-fum" noun

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1. A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres; hence, any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant. "Impudent fee-faw-fums." J. H. Newman.

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• verb limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs
  entail.
  

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• verb submit (information) again to a program or automatic system
  resubmit.
  
• verb respond to a query or outcome
  

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• noun a long trough for feeding cattle
  bunk.
  

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• noun grain grown for cattle feed
  

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• verb introduce continuously
  feed.
  
  • feed carrots into a food processor

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• verb be sustained by
  feed on.
  
  • He fed on the great ideas of her mentor

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• verb be sustained by
  feed on.
  
  • He fed on the great ideas of her mentor

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• noun a fee that is paid to someone who finds a source of financial backing or to someone who brings people together for business purposes
  
  • the agency got a finder's fee when their candidate was hired as the new CEO

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• noun mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings
  force-feed lubricating system; lubricating system; force feed; pressure feed.
  

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• verb feed someone who will not or cannot eat
  

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• noun mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings
  force-feed lubricating system; lubricating system; force feed; pressure feed.
  

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Frank"-fee` noun

Etymology

Frank free + fee.

Definitions

1. (Eng. Law) A species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite of ancient demesne, or copyhold. Burrill.

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• noun a fee paid for legal service
  

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• noun a fee paid to the government for the privilege of being licensed to do something (as selling liquor or practicing medicine)
  license tax; license fee.
  

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• noun a fee paid to the government for the privilege of being licensed to do something (as selling liquor or practicing medicine)
  license tax; license fee.
  

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• noun the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed on the next line
  

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• noun a fee charged to a borrower (especially for a mortgage loan) to cover the costs of initiating the loan
  

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• noun a device for inserting sheets of paper into a printer or typewriter
  
  • the job was delayed because the paper feed was clogged

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• noun mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings
  force-feed lubricating system; lubricating system; force feed; pressure feed.
  

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• noun mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings
  force-feed lubricating system; lubricating system; force feed; pressure feed.
  

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• (Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale.

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• noun a percentage of a bill (as at a hotel or restaurant) added in payment for service
  service charge.
  

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Stall"-feed transitive verb

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Stall-fed ; present participle & verbal noun Stall-feeding

Definitions

1. To feed and fatten in a stall or on dry fodder; as, to stall-feed an ox.

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• (Eccl.), fees paid to the English clergy for occasional duties.

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• . (Law) See Frankalmoigne.

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• (Law) (a), a fee by the term, chargeable to a suitor, or by law fixed and taxable in the costs of a cause for each or any term it is in court.

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• noun a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education)
  tuition.
  
  • tuition and room and board were more than $25,000

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