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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The Department of Health and Human Services indicates 46% of their budget is user fees or money paid by drug manufacturers to get their drugs approved.
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Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2024
But unlike with companies that make drugs and medical devices, which pay user fees that fund the agency’s work, the FDA is not allowed to collect fees from e-cigarette makers.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 12 June 2024
Moskowitz said families generally pay a $100 initial probation user fee and then $15 to $25 in monthly fees for the entire period their child is on probation.
—Claire Reid and Peter Breen, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Apr. 2024
But the administration still needs to figure out how to deal with Facebook and other dominant technology companies that do not charge user fees but nonetheless wield enormous political and economic power through their broad control of digital media.
—Felicia Wong, Foreign Affairs, 16 Nov. 2021
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Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2024
But unlike with companies that make drugs and medical devices, which pay user fees that fund the agency’s work, the FDA is not allowed to collect fees from e-cigarette makers.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 12 June 2024
Moskowitz said families generally pay a $100 initial probation user fee and then $15 to $25 in monthly fees for the entire period their child is on probation.
—Claire Reid and Peter Breen, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Apr. 2024
But the administration still needs to figure out how to deal with Facebook and other dominant technology companies that do not charge user fees but nonetheless wield enormous political and economic power through their broad control of digital media.
—Felicia Wong, Foreign Affairs, 16 Nov. 2021
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“User fee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/user%20fee. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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