(finance) An initial fee that is charged by an organization to set up an account (or similar financial instrument).

(UK, law) A species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite of ancient demesne, or copyhold.

(law) An estate in land that may be divested from its current owner upon the occurrence of an event set forth by the grantor in the grant.

(law) A fee granted on condition, or limited to particular heirs; the estate of a mortgagee of land, possession of which is conditional on payment.

(law) A qualified fee; a freehold estate of inheritance to which a qualification is annexed.

(law) The holding of a tenant of the Crown.

A fee charged by a library for the late return of an item

(cryptocurrencies) A fee levied on users of the Ethereum network to compensate for the computing energy required to process and validate transactions.

Synonym of license fee

(taxation) An amount of money collected from an individual or an organization by the government or other entity in order to legitimize an activity.