How to Use user fee in a Sentence

user fee

noun
Definition of user feenext
  • The project will be paid for by a daily rental car user fee charged to consumers.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2022
  • Such a price hike is not a tax on the public but a specific user fee.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2022
  • The plan is go to out to bid for the project after the first of the year and discuss whether the village should charge a user fee at the facility.
    — Linda Girardi, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Ethereum’s user fees have soared and the system has again hit technical snags.
    — The Economist, 13 Jan. 2018
  • Daniels is one of those convinced that some sort of user fee for motorists is inevitable.
    — Scott Sonner, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
  • And even potential user fees or other funding sources are up in the air.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Over the next few months, the department will pay a small user fee and then decide whether or not to commit to purchasing.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 July 2018
  • The user fees would be $20 for an annual permit or $5 for a one-day permit, a news release said.
    — USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Calling the tax a user fee, Schramm explained that l it the most transparent way to increase revenue for roads.
    — The Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2021
  • The draft would also require more oversight but give HRSA more money to do it through a user fee program.
    — Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Barred from free data, YouTube and Facebook might charge a user fee for their service — like Netflix.
    — Eduardo Porter, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Cash, checks and credit cards (with a $2 user fee) will be accepted for payment.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Companies would invest in new projects and charge user fees.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Instead of taxes, the services would be funded by user fees.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The public hearing will focus on pool access and user fees.
    — Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle, 26 May 2020
  • Cash, checks and credit cards (with a $2 user fee) are accepted for payment.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Village staff will return to the board to further discuss the design of the dog park and whether or not to charge a user fee, village officials said.
    — Linda Girardi, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • The industry even pays for about 45 percent of the FDA annual budget via a system of user fees.
    — Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The defendant, instead of paying a user fee to the county, pays the user fee to a private contractor.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The Senate version would increase the gas tax; the House’s would index user fees for license plates and registration to the rate of inflation.
    — Jason Hancock, kansascity, 23 Mar. 2018
  • And the imperative to pass user fee reauthorization was a once-in-five-years chance to easily do so.
    — David F. Arons, STAT, 11 Oct. 2022
  • At the same time, some would argue that road maintenance is better to come out of general revenues, rather than from a user fee, which solves all the problems as well.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 24 May 2021
  • Funding in 2018 will come from issuing revenue bonds and from airport user fees.
    — Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Hiking often requires driving to a trail, which may be several hours away and require a user fee.
    — Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Newton said the 2015 bill also set up a system where school systems and other entities pay a user fee for project review by DCM.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 19 July 2021
  • Lewis also said there will be increases in user fees — things like deductions and co-pays — that have been well below market rate.
    — Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 16 Apr. 2018
  • One-third of the Port Authority’s revenue is derived from passenger tolls, fares and user fees.
    — Martin Z Braun, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
  • With declining revenue from the gas tax and highway tolls off the table for now, Democrats in the General Assembly say a new user fee on large trucks is the fairest way to fund road and bridge repairs.
    — Daniela Altimari, courant.com, 8 June 2021
  • Journey House would schedule open playing time at the baseball diamonds for other groups and charge them a user fee, as the county does now, under the agreement.
    — Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Why not just add a user fee to cover the costs of dedicated policing, which would enable the city to respond to noise and parking violations?
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2020

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