Q&A（日➡英）fee と cost の違い

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There are several words associated with the payment of money, and they have specific uses and circumstances.Fee is always an amount that is set by someone or a group such as a company, school, or organization, and it is for a service or some other benefit received.
For example: a lawyer’s fee, a translator’s fee, a classroom fee, an architect’s fee, etc. A fee can also be for admission into an event or process: an entrance fee to a dance club, or a national park, or sports event, or an application fee for applying to a university or to take a test.
Verbs used with fee are often charge or set: Charge a reasonable fee for services, set the fee to attract many customers.Cost means money that is paid (or will be paid) to accomplish certain tasks or paid for certain purposes: The cost of living (a set phrase that means the money people spend to live in society – for housing or rent, food, clothes, utilities, etc.), transportation costs, education costs, travel costs, costs for recycling, costs for food and entertainment, etc. There is not a set amount associated with cost, like there is with fee.

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