FEES Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

fees 1 of 2

noun

plural of fee

as in costs

the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something my dentist's fees seem to increase with every visit

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verb

present tense third-person singular of fee, chiefly Scottish

as in hires

to provide with a paying job the townspeople fee country lasses as housemaids, nurses, and cooks

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Noun

The Republican, who is leaving the House this term after losing her bid to be South Carolina governor, introduced a proposal this week to require that anyone who brings such a case and loses must pay attorney fees for the defendant. — Meg Kinnard, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026 That effort resulted in nearly two decades of litigation with PG&E and almost $30 million in legal fees and other expenses, according to The Modesto Bee. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026 According to Snideman, the roots of the problem go back to when drivers paid vehicle licensing fees that helped fund critical services in San Mateo County. — Maddie White, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 Deloitte blamed generative AI for the errors in the original and agreed to partially refund its fees. — Kaitlin Newkirk, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026 Lower-cost Alpha resins join specialized options such as Tough 1500, and Open Material Mode requires no unlocking fees and provides the freedom to experiment beyond Formlabs’ resin offerings. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026 While some financial advisors have asset minimums, others may charge one-time, hourly or monthly fees rather than a percentage for assets under management. — Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea,kelli Grant, Cfp®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 Florida homeowners have also faced a surge in insurance premiums and condo association fees, forcing many condo sellers to cut prices and pushing housing inventory higher in parts of the state. — Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 In California, municipal utilities face constraints in raising rates under Proposition 218, a ballot initiative passed in 1996 that says fees must reflect the costs of providing service. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Verb

The resolution also extends to Boise State, Colorado State and Utah State, which had filed a separate lawsuit against the Mountain West in state district court in Denver over nine-figure withdrawal fees their now-former league had sought to impose. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Devs can also cover users’ transaction fees thanks to gas sponsorship via Privy, simplifying onboarding and reducing friction for new users. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026 The reforms reduced incentives for policyholders, contractors and attorneys to sue insurers with little risk of having to pay insurers’ attorneys fees whether or not the suits were successful. — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fees

Noun

There’s also an additional $5,768 in monthly real estate taxes, bringing the total baseline carrying costs to just under $10,000 a month.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2026
The shows no longer deliver the ratings necessary to attract enough ad revenue to cover their costs on broadcast networks, which include rights fees and production costs.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of costs

Verb

Verity can’t finish her book series for mysterious reasons, so Jeremy hires Lowen to do so for her.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Whether that is a potential path forward is impossible to predict until Crane hires a new head of baseball operations.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of hires

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The authors found a long-run relationship between top incomes and art prices and argued that high-end art prices are driven less by the average person’s buying power than by how much the wealthiest can spend.

— Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
The International Energy Agency has warned that constraints on the diesel market will likely keep prices elevated into the next year.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of prices

Verb

Street Fighters Ryu and Ken reunite when Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the World Warrior Tournament.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Bénédictine is composed of 27 herbs and spices and bottled at 80 proof, which all seems like a lot, except when compared to Yellow Chartreuse, which recruits some 130 herbs and spices, and is currently bottled at 86 proof.

— Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of recruits

Verb

The program is different from places like The Golden Scoop, an ice cream shop in Overland Park that employs adults with disabilities over longer terms, according to Morgan.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
According to the site’s masthead, the operation—including its video production arm, Texas FilmWorks—employs a staff of more than 40.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of employs

Verb

So instead of making teams whole each time, the NFL now just pays teams’ travel expenses for their international game under the rationale that every team will lose a home game—and, in turn, home game ticket revenue—during that time.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The result is a politics in which almost everyone agrees that reform is urgently needed, provided someone else pays, and their own group’s advantages remain untouched.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

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