feesb. (1 phrases derived from the sense of inheritance in land) 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. 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. remuneration paid to a professional man Mer.V. IV. i. 424, Rom. I. iv. 74, Lr. I. i. 166, Ven. 609. perquisite 3H6 III. i. 22 a deer whose skin's a keeper's fee. payment, recompense Ado II. ii. 54, R3 I. ii. 170, Ham. II. ii. 73 three thousand crowns in annual bribe John II. i. 170.