excessive fee
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexcessiveandfee
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excessive
adjective
uk/ekˈses.ɪv/us/ekˈses.ɪv/
too ...
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fee
noun[C]
uk/fiː/us/fiː/
an amount of money paid for a particular piece of work or for a particular right ...
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(Definition ofexcessiveandfeefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Sometimes anexcessivefeeis charged for giving that licence.
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I do not imagine that anyone would wish an act of sederunt to enable counsel to have anexcessivefee.
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It was amended several times and lasted longer than its predecessors, but, again, complaints of excessive fees and expenses led to its repeal in 1878.
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It is an issue of fundamental significance that excessive fees have been charged by a port which, it has been alleged, has a dominant position.
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I have said that some of these officers may be receiving adequate fees, and some may even be receiving excessive fees.
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I find interesting the phrase "grossly excessive fees".
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They then describe the difficulties that might arise if excessive fees are proposed.
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There is no provision in any of the amendments for a refund of excessive fees.
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There is also the danger that excessive fees might force the landlord to withdraw his accommodation from the market.
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The complainants, two of three shipping companies which use the port, considered that excessive fees were charged because of this dominant position.
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In talking about the likelihood of a racket and excessive fees, we must consider why high fees are charged now.
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Thirdly, landlords sometimes charge excessive fees for licences to assign.
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But that is not because the lawyers are going to charge high fees or excessive fees.
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You ought, therefore, to be careful how you burden the existing owners of property with excessive fees, or even high fees, for registration of title.
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I am sure that this will go a long way towards reassuring those who were rather frightened of excessive fees.
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But that is not a licence to charge excessive fees and there are generally prior agreements on charges.
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I shall not comment on whether lawyers may or may not charge excessive fees.
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It would also be disturbing if there were widespread reports of governing bodies charging excessive fees for the list.
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Is the whole thing a plot on the part of the barbers to get an easy time going from house to house and charging excessive fees for shaving the millionaires?
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