Fee and Rate

Fee

Fee noun - The amount of money that is demanded as payment for something.
Usage example: my dentist's fees seem to increase with every visit

Rate is a synonym for fee in price topic. In some cases you can use "Rate" instead a noun "Fee".

Rate

Rate noun - Degree of excellence.

Fee is a synonym for rate in charge topic. Sometimes you can use "Fee" instead a noun "Rate".

Nearby Words: rated, rateable, rater

How words are described

high high fee high rate
full full fee full rate
low low fee low rate
normal normal fee normal rate
Other adjectives: usual, fixed, regular, standard, reasonable, small, massive, huge, flat, lower, ridiculous, highest, greater, different, higher, annual.

Both words in one sentence

  • However, since it only took him two minutes of work, at his regular hourly rate, his fee amounts to five dollars total (or, as he puts it, "lunch at Taco Bell").
  • Since Pannonia Film Studio retained the rights of its dubs, commercial TV channels often opted to simply have films re-dubbed rather than pay the (often high) fee... with 3rd rate actors, who often first saw their script during actual production.
    Source: Dueling Dubs
  • Murder, Inc. The Guild is legal, its head is an influential public figure, and it is common for nobles to send their children to its excellent fee-paying school (though often just for its normal educational excellence, as the Black Curriculum has a high attrition rate).
    Source: Murder, Inc.
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