FEE'-TAIL, noun An estate entailed; a conditional fee. FEE, verb transitive 1. To pay a fee to; to reward. Hence, 2. To engage in one's service by advancing a fee or sum of money to; as, to fee a lawyer. 3. To hire; to bribe. 4. To keep in hire.
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