fee vs lockage

fee and lockage both are nouns.

fee is a verb but lockage is not a verb.

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

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

fee: a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
lockage: a fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or waterway

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 fee, license tax, licensing fee, lighterage, mintage, moorage, origination fee, pipage, poundage, consideration, retainer, seigniorage, toll, truckage, tuition, tuition fee, quayage, wharfage, rezoning fee, zoning change fee.

fee (noun)	lockage (noun)
a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services	passage through a lock in a canal or waterway
an interest in land capable of being inherited	a system of locks in a canal or waterway
	a fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or waterway

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

Difference between fee and lockage

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