fee (noun)

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• fee tail — noun a fee limited to a particular line of heirs; they are not free to sell it or give it away • Hypernyms: ↑fee * * * noun (plural fees tail) Etymology: Middle English fee taille, from Anglo French fé taillé, from Old French fé fee, fief +… …   Useful english dictionary

• fee — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ exorbitant, fat (informal), hefty, high, huge, large, substantial ▪ I expect you had to pay a fat fee to your divorce lawyers …   Collocations dictionary

• fee — ► NOUN 1) a payment made in exchange for advice or services. 2) a charge made for a privilege such as admission. ORIGIN originally denoting an estate held on condition of feudal service: from Old French feu, from Latin feodum; related to… …   English terms dictionary

• fee — /fi / (say fee) noun 1. a payment for services: a doctor s fee. 2. a sum paid for a privilege: an admission fee. 3. a charge allowed by law for the service of a public officer. 4. Law a. a freehold estate of inheritance in land, capable of… …  

• fee — n [Middle English, fief, from Old French fé fief, ultimately from a Germanic word akin to Old High German fehu cattle] 1: an inheritable freehold estate in real property; esp: fee simple compare leasehold; life estate at estate …   Law dictionary

• fee absolute — ˌfee ˈabsolute also ˌfee ˈsimple, ˌfee ˌsimple ˈabsolute noun [singular] PROPERTY LAW complete possession of property, with the right to give or sell it freely, or leave it to someone in a will (= a document that says who should get your property …   Financial and business terms

• fee-fo-fum — noun see fee faw fum * * * fee fo fum «ma>EH FOH FUHM», noun. = fee faw fum. (Cf. ↑fee faw fum) …   Useful english dictionary

• fee simple subject to condition subsequent — noun A defeasible fee created with language reserving the right of the grantor to reclaim ownership of the land upon the occurrence of a specified condition (e.g. if X event occurs, grantor reserves the right to reenter and retake ); upon… …   Wiktionary

• fee simple subject to executory interest — noun A defeasible fee created with clear durational language expressing a condition (e.g. so long as , until , while ) which causes ownership of a property to revest in a third party identified by the grantor if that condition comes about. Syn:… …   Wiktionary

• fee splitting — noun payment (usually by doctors or lawyers) of part of the fee in return for the referral • Hypernyms: ↑payment, ↑defrayal, ↑defrayment * * * noun : a dividing of a professional fee for specialist s medical services with the recommending… …   Useful english dictionary

• fee farm — noun Etymology: Middle English fee ferme, from Anglo French fé ferme, from Old French fé fee, fief + ferme lease more at fee II, farm II : land held of another in fee simple subject to a perpetual fixed rent without homage, fealty, or any other… …   Useful english dictionary