fee
/fiː/(noun)
AWL Sublist 6CEFR B2IELTS Band 7.0 - 9.0
Academic Definition
A payment made to a professional person or to a professional or public body in exchange for advice or services.
Key Academic Collocations
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feefees
Lexical Alternatives (Synonyms)
chargetariffduesremunerationtoll
Academic Sample Sentences in Context
"The line graph indicates that university tuition fees escalated at more than triple the national benchmark rate of inflation."
"Introducing nominal congestion fees on private motor vehicles reduced inner-city vehicular gridlock by 20%."
"Governments should waive hospital registration fees for low-income demographics to guarantee equitable medical access."
IELTS Examiner Scoring Strategy (Lexical Resource)
'Tuition fees' is a recurrent IELTS topic in essays discussing whether tertiary education should be state-funded or paid by students.