How to pronounce fee

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What fee means

noun

Most people know fee in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

Land held from a lord in return for service

In a sentence: The lord gave him a fee of forest and fields, which his son held after him.

Where it comes from: It comes partly from the Old English feoh, meaning cattle, property or money, and partly from the Old French fieu, a fief. Both go back to an old word for livestock.

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