How to Use user fee in a Sentence

user fee

noun
  • No dollar amount has been attached to such a user fee at this point.
    — Asher Price, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Daniels is one of those convinced that some sort of user fee for motorists is inevitable.
    — Scott Sonner, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
  • Ethereum’s user fees have soared and the system has again hit technical snags.
    — The Economist, 13 Jan. 2018
  • And even potential user fees or other funding sources are up in the air.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Congress passed the first user fee law in 1992 to fund staffing to speed drug approvals.
    — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The five major user fees would increase by between 2% and 6%.
    — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Cash, checks and credit cards (with a $2 user fee) will be accepted for payment.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Hundreds of San Diego user fees could soon get far more expensive.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Cash, checks and credit cards (with a $2 user fee) are accepted for payment.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Pix allows for instant peer-to-peer transactions, 24/7, with no user fees.
    — Federico Sendra, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nearly half of the FDA's budget and two thirds of the human drugs budget comes from user fees.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Funding in 2018 will come from issuing revenue bonds and from airport user fees.
    — Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2017
  • 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
  • Developer user fees, modeled on the FDA’s, can build it.
    — Alon Bergman, STAT, 11 May 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Yet, parking lots are not exactly free and perhaps a reasonable user fee can be fully justified and supported.
    — Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The remaining 97% of the agency is funded by user fees and shouldn't be impacted by a government shutdown.
    — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The community parking districts ensured that some of the parking revenue was reinvested in that area, creating a user fee.
    — Jay Derr, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026

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