fee

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From Middle English fee, fe, feh, feoh, from Old English feoh (“cattle, property, wealth, money, payment, tribute, fee”) with contamination from Old French fieu, fief (from Medieval Latin fevum, a variant of feudum (see feud), from Frankish *fehu (“cattle, livestock”); whence fief), both from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle, sheep, livestock, owndom”), from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu (“livestock”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fäi (“cattle, livestock”), West Frisian fee (“livestock”), Cimbrian biighe, viighe (“animal, beast”), Dutch vee (“cattle, livestock”), German Viech (“animal, beast”), Vieh (“livestock”), German Low German Veeh (“cattle, livestock, property”), Luxembourgish Véi (“cattle”), Vilamovian fi, fī, fii, fiih (“cattle, livestock”), Yiddish פֿי (fi), פֿיך (fikh, “cattle, livestock”), Danish and Faroese fæ (“cattle, livestock”), Icelandic fé (“assets, livestock, money”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk fe (“cattle, livestock”), Swedish fä (“beast, cattle, dolt”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉 (faihō), 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿 (faihu, “possessions, property; riches, wealth; money”); also Latin pecū (“cattle”), Old Prussian pecku (“cattle”), Armenian ասր (asr, “fleece, wool”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬎 (pasu, “livestock”), Bactrian ποσο (poso, “sheep”), Central Kurdish پەز (pez, “sheep”), Northern Kurdish pez (“sheep”), Ossetian фыс (fys, “sheep”), Talysh pəs, пәс (“sheep”), Sanskrit पशु (paśu, “cattle”).

144 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: taksë — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Albanian: tarifë — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Arabic: رَسْم (rasm) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Armenian: վարձ (varj) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Azerbaijani: haqq — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Basque: tasa — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Basque: zerga — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Belarusian: ганара́р (hanarár) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Belarusian: пла́та (pláta) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Belarusian: мы́та (mýta) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Belarusian: по́шліна (póšlina) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Belarusian: збор (zbor) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Belarusian: та́кса (táksa) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Bulgarian: хонора́р (honorár) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Bulgarian: възнагражде́ние (vǎznagraždénie) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Burmese: လာဘ် (labh) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Burmese: ကြေး (kre:) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Burmese: လုပ်ခ (luphka.) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Catalan: quota — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Chinese Mandarin: 費 /费 (fèi) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Czech: poplatek — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Czech: honorář — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Danish: gebyr — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Dutch: prijs — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Dutch: honorarium — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Dutch: heffing — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Esperanto: honorario — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Faroese: gjald — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Faroese: avgjald — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Faroese: ágáva — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Finnish: palkkio — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Finnish: maksu — monetary payment charged for professional services
• French: honoraires — monetary payment charged for professional services
• French: tarif — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Galician: tarifa — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Georgian: საზღაური (sazɣauri) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Georgian: გასამრჯელო (gasamrǯelo) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Georgian: შესატანი (šesaṭani) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Georgian: გადასახადი (gadasaxadi) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Georgian: ჰონორარი (honorari) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Georgian: ჯილდო (ǯildo) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Georgian: მოსაკრებელი (mosaḳrebeli) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• German: Gebühr — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Greek: αμοιβή (amoiví) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Ancient Greek: μίσθωμα (místhōma) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Greenlandic: akiliut — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Hindi: शुल्क (śulk) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Hindi: वेतन (vetan) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Hindi: फ़ीस (fīs) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Hungarian: díj — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Icelandic: gjald — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Irish: táille — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Italian: tassa — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Italian: tariffa — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Italian: quota — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Italian: onorario — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Italian: emolumento — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Italian: retta — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Japanese: 料金 (ryōkin) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Japanese: 費 (hi) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Kazakh: баж (baj) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Kazakh: алым (alym) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Kazakh: төлем (tölem) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Khmer: ឈ្នួល (chnuəl) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Khmer: អាករ (ʼaakɑɑ) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Khmer: ពន្ធ (pŭən) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Korean: 요금 (yogeum) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Korean: 료금 (ryogeum) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Korean: 비 (bi) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Kyrgyz: алым (alım) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Lao: ຣຶຊາ (rư sā) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Lao: ອາກອນ (ʼā kǭn) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Lao: ພາສີ (phā sī) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Latin: feudum — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Latin: honōrārium — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Latin: mercēs — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Latin: pretium — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Latin: salārium — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Latin: stīpendium — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Latvian: maksa — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Lithuanian: rinkliava — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Macedonian: хонора́р (honorár) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Macedonian: такса (taksa) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Mongolian: хураамж (xuraamž) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Norwegian Bokmål: avgift — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Norwegian Bokmål: gebyr — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Norwegian Bokmål: honorar — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Norwegian Nynorsk: honorar — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Dari: دَسْتْمُزْد (dastmuzd) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Dari: هَزینَه (hazēna) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Iranian Persian: دَسْتْمُزْد (dastmozd) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Iranian Persian: هَزینِه (hazine) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Polish: opłata — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Polish: honorarium — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Portuguese: taxa — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Portuguese: honorário — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Romanian: taxă — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Romanian: tarif — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Russian: гонора́р (gonorár) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Russian: по́шлина (póšlina) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Russian: взнос (vznos) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Russian: пла́та (pláta) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Russian: сбор (sbor) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Russian: вознагражде́ние (voznagraždénije) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Russian: та́кса (táksa) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Northern Sami: máksu — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Scottish Gaelic: tuarasdal — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Serbo-Croatian: при́стојба — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Serbo-Croatian: та̏кса — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Serbo-Croatian: prístojba — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Serbo-Croatian: tȁksa — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Slovak: poplatok — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Slovak: honorár — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Slovene: pristojbina — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Spanish: honorario — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Spanish: tarifa — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Spanish: cuota — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Swahili: karo — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Swahili: ada — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Swedish: avgift — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Tajik: ҳаққи (haqq-i) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Tajik: дастмузд (dastmuzd) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Tajik: ҳазина (hazina) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Telugu: ఫీజు (phīju) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Thai: ฤชา (rʉ́-chaa) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Thai: ค่า (kâa) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Thai: ภาษี (paa-sǐi) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Turkish: harç — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Turkish: ücret — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Ottoman Turkish: اجرت (ücret) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Ukrainian: гонора́р (honorár) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Ukrainian: пла́та (pláta) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Ukrainian: вне́сок (vnésok) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Ukrainian: ми́то (mýto) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Ukrainian: збір (zbir) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Ukrainian: та́кса (táksa) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Urdu: فِیس (fīs) — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Uzbek: poshlina — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Uzbek: haq — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Uzbek: boj — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Vietnamese: phí — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Vietnamese: lệ phí — monetary payment charged for professional services
• Esperanto: kotizo — amount charged for a privilege
• Polish: czesne — amount charged for a privilege