fee sb. (1 phrases derived from the sense of inheritance in land)
1.
“in
fee,” (to be held) in absolute possession
Ham. IV. iv. 22
“should it be sold in
fee; — at a pin's fee,”
at a pin's value Ham. I. iv.
65.
2.
sum which a public
officer is authorized to demand as payment for the
exercise of his functions; fig.
2H6 III. ii. 217
“I should rob the
deathsman of his fee.”
3.
remuneration paid to
a professional man Mer.V. IV. i.
424, Rom. I. iv. 74, Lr. I. i. 166, Ven. 609.
4.
perquisite
3H6 III. i. 22
“a deer whose skin's a
keeper's fee.”
5.
payment, recompense
Ado II. ii. 54, R3 I. ii. 170,
Ham. II. ii. 73
“three thousand crowns
in annual ”
6.
bribe John II. i. 170.
