fee vs take-home

fee

noun
  • A right to the use of a superior's land as a stipend for certain services to be performed, typically military service. 

  • An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good that is minor compared to the underlying cost. 

  • Synonym of fief: the land so held. 

  • An inheritable estate in land, whether absolute and without limitation to potential heirs (fee simple) or with limitations to particular kinds of heirs (fee tail). 

  • An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of performance of certain services, typically military service. 

verb
  • To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe. 

take-home

noun
  • Anything that one is given to bring home from an institutional setting. 

  • An examination or assignment to be completed outside the classroom. 

  • Take-home pay. 

  • A supply of methadone that someone under treatment is allowed to take home instead of coming in to a treatment center every day. 

adj
  • That may be taken home; designed or made to be taken home. 

How often have the words fee and take-home occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )