Fee and Retain

Fee

Fee verb - To provide with a paying job.
Usage example: the townspeople fee country lasses as housemaids, nurses, and cooks

Retain and fee are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Retain" instead a verb "Fee".

Retain

Retain verb - To provide with a paying job.
Usage example: her neighbor retained her as a nanny for the summer, thus giving her something to do until school started again

Fee and retain are semantically related. (Scottish) Sometimes you can use "Fee" instead a verb "Retain".

Nearby Words: retainer, retaining

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Guild Wars The only major MMOs to still have a subscription fee are World of Warcraftnote which is big enough to afford to retain a subscription fee because it's too big to fail, EVE Onlinenote which is... a special case and Final Fantasy XIV.
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