collocation · neutral
charge a fee
UK/tʃɑːdʒ ə fiː/US/tʃɑrdʒ ə fiː/charge a FEE
Band 6-7speakingtask2
to ask someone to pay an amount of money for a service
Examples
“The bank charges a fee for international transfers.”
“Some websites charge a small fee for premium features.”
“They charge a fee to enter the exhibition.”
Band 8 sentence
“The university reserves the right to charge a fee for late registration.”
Collocations
- charge a small fee
- waive the fee
Word family
charge verbfee nounbe charged passive verb
Common mistakes
charge fee→charge a fee / charge fees
charge to customer→charge the customer / charge customers
Say it for a higher band
5ask for money→6charge money→7+charge a fee
Synonyms
impose a fee
Easily confused
impose a fee
“The council imposed a fee for parking in the area.”
charge fees
“They charge fees for each additional service.”
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