fee vs license fee

license fee vs fee

fee and license fee both are nouns.

fee is a verb but license fee is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fee	Yes	No	Yes	No
license fee	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, license fee is a hyponym of fee; that is, license fee is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fee:

fee: a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
license fee: a fee paid to the government for the privilege of being licensed to do something (as selling liquor or practicing medicine)

Other hyponyms of fee include anchorage, cellarage, commission, contingency fee, dockage, docking fee, drop-off charge, admission, admission charge, admission fee, admission price, entrance fee, entrance money, price of admission, finder's fee, legal fee, license tax, licensing fee, lighterage, lockage, mintage, moorage, origination fee, pipage, poundage, consideration, retainer, seigniorage, toll, truckage, tuition, tuition fee, quayage, wharfage, rezoning fee, zoning change fee.

fee (noun)	license fee (noun)
a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services	a fee paid to the government for the privilege of being licensed to do something (as selling liquor or practicing medicine)
an interest in land capable of being inherited

fee (verb)	license fee (verb)
give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on

Difference between fee and license fee

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