noun · neutral
fee
/fiː/FEE
Band 5-6speakingtask1task2
an amount of money paid for a particular service
Examples
“The university charges an application fee for international students.”
“There's a small service fee for processing the order.”
“He had to pay a late fee because he returned the book after the deadline.”
Band 8 sentence
“The council introduced a modest administrative fee to cover the costs of processing applications.”
Collocations
- application fee
- service fee
- charge a fee
Word family
fee nounfees noun (plural)
Common mistakes
pay fee→pay a fee
charge fee to someone→charge someone a fee
Say it for a higher band
5cost→6charge→7+fee
Synonyms
charge
Easily confused
charge
“The bank may charge a fee for international transfers.”
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