"finder's fee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: finders' fees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|finders' fees|head=finder's fee}} finder's fee (plural finders' fees)
  1. (business) A payment given to an intermediary or middleman in a business deal in return for finding and connecting the two parties to the transaction. Categories (topical): Business Translations (payment for facilitation of business transaction): välityspalkkio (Finnish), opłata za pośrednictwo [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-finder's_fee-en-noun-GakXtkP- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Topics: business Disambiguation of 'payment for facilitation of business transaction': 89 11
  2. A reward for returning a lost item. Translations (reward for returning lost item): löytöpalkkio (Finnish), Finderlohn [masculine] (German), znaleźne [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-finder's_fee-en-noun-eSysUlhw Disambiguation of 'reward for returning lost item': 11 89

Inflected forms

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