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fee
Noun
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A fee is the money you pay for some kinds of services, such as legal advice, education, or club membership.
School fees have increased again this year.
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(law) An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord in return for certain services.
He held his lands in fee of the Earl of Chester.
basis
Noun
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The basis of something, is the main ideas or parts that it is built on.
On the basis of the information available, we have decided to cancel the project.
There is no basis for believing that he was killed.
Her experiences in Cambodia formed the basis for her first book.
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If something happens on a regular/daily/weekly etc. basis, it happens regularly, daily, etc.
The problems are now happening on a very regular basis.
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If we are on a first-name basis, we use first names when speaking to each other.
Josie Parkinson and I are on a first-name basis. I call her "Josie" when I see her.