Outlay vs. Fee

Outlaynoun

A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.

Feenoun

(feudal law) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief.

Outlaynoun

The spending of money, or an expenditure.

‘Without too much outlay, you could buy a second-hand car.’;

Feenoun

(legal) An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the performing of certain services.

Outlaynoun

(archaic) A remote haunt or habitation.

Feenoun

(legal) An estate of inheritance in land, either absolute and without limitation to any particular class of heirs (fee simple) or limited to a particular class of heirs (fee tail).

Outlayverb

(transitive) To lay or spread out; expose; display.

Feenoun

(obsolete) Property; owndom; estate.

Outlayverb

(transitive) To spend, or distribute money.

Feenoun

(obsolete) Money paid or bestowed; payment; emolument.

Outlayverb

To lay out; to spread out; to display.

Feenoun

(obsolete) A prize or reward. Only used in the set phrase "A finder's fee" in Modern English.

Outlaynoun

A laying out or expending.

Feenoun

A monetary payment charged for professional services.

Outlaynoun

That which is expended; expenditure.

Feeverb

To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.

Outlaynoun

An outlying haunt.

Feenoun

property; possession; tenure.

‘Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee.’;

Outlaynoun

the act of spending or disbursing money

Feenoun

Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be rendered; especially, payment for professional services, of optional amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge; pay; perquisite; as, the fees of lawyers and physicians; the fees of office; clerk's fees; sheriff's fees; marriage fees, etc.

‘To plead for love deserves more fee than hate.’;

Outlaynoun

money paid out

Feenoun

A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief.

Feenoun

An estate of inheritance supposed to be held either mediately or immediately from the sovereign, and absolutely vested in the owner.

Feenoun

An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and simply, without condition attached to the tenure.

‘Buy the fee simple of my life for an hour and a quarter.’;

Feeverb

To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.

‘The patient . . . fees the doctor.’; ‘There's not a one of them but in his houseI keep a servant feed.’;

Feenoun

a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services

Feenoun

an interest in land capable of being inherited

Feeverb

give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the agreed-on compensation;

‘Remember to tip the waiter’; ‘fee the steward’;

Fee

A fee is the price one pays as remuneration for rights or services. Fees usually allow for overhead, wages, costs, and markup.