usage fee

Pay per use

A usage fee is a charge based on how much of something you use rather than a flat rate: The cloud service bills a usage fee per gigabyte of storage.

Utilities, software subscriptions, and rental services commonly charge usage fees, scaling costs to actual consumption.

Opposites
payment structure

usage feepurchase price

Money paid for acquisition

one-time payment · flat fee · capital expenditure · lump sum · subscription fee

cost vs. no cost

usage feefree access

Entry without charge

no charge · gratis · free of charge · open access · freeware

direction of payment

usage feereimbursement

Payment for incurred expenses

refund · cashback · compensation · subsidy · royalty payment

Family

usage, fee, use, used, user, users, uses, using, useful

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