user fee
noun
: an excise tax often in the form of a license or supplemental charge levied to fund a public service
called also user's fee
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While gas taxes once resembled a user fee, the decline in revenues means states are increasingly drawing from their general fund to finance road maintenance and repairs.
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Tirzah Duren, Boston Herald, 8 July 2025
In this case, whichever private partner TDOT works with would receive the user fees from the toll lanes in exchange for financing the project.
—Austin Hornbostel, The Tennessean, 29 Apr. 2025
Because some countries' systems were funded by user fees, air traffic control operators ran into trouble when air travel dramatically decreased due to the pandemic.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 27 June 2025
Annual and authorized user fees The overhauled Chase Sapphire Reserve annual fee is $795, up from $550.
—Ryley Amond, CNBC, 24 June 2025
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Tirzah Duren, Boston Herald, 8 July 2025
In this case, whichever private partner TDOT works with would receive the user fees from the toll lanes in exchange for financing the project.
—Austin Hornbostel, The Tennessean, 29 Apr. 2025
Because some countries' systems were funded by user fees, air traffic control operators ran into trouble when air travel dramatically decreased due to the pandemic.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 27 June 2025
Annual and authorized user fees The overhauled Chase Sapphire Reserve annual fee is $795, up from $550.
—Ryley Amond, CNBC, 24 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for user fee
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“User fee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/user%20fee. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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