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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Project 2025 proposes privatizing the air traffic control system and increasing user fees to raise money for the chronically underfunded agency.
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Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Pix allows for instant peer-to-peer transactions, 24/7, with no user fees.
—Federico Sendra, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Pallone was a player getting the ACA passed, as well as the FDA user fee reauthorization in 2017.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
The five major user fees — solid waste, snow and ice, stormwater, sewer, and street lighting — would also increase by between 2% and 6%.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2024
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Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Pix allows for instant peer-to-peer transactions, 24/7, with no user fees.
—Federico Sendra, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Pallone was a player getting the ACA passed, as well as the FDA user fee reauthorization in 2017.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
The five major user fees — solid waste, snow and ice, stormwater, sewer, and street lighting — would also increase by between 2% and 6%.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2024
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“User fee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/user%20fee. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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