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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

介绍费

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jièshàofèi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Finder's fee/ˈfaɪn.dərz ˌfiː/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"成功促成交易后,他获得了一笔丰厚的介绍费。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A commission paid to an intermediary or facilitator who connects a buyer and seller, or helps locate a business opportunity, property, or investor.

    "The broker received a generous finder's fee for successfully connecting the startup with venture capital investors."
  2. 2

    A reward given to someone who discovers and returns lost property or information.

    "The museum offered a substantial finder's fee for the return of the stolen painting."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines the agent noun 'finder' (from Old English 'findan') with 'fee' (from Anglo-Norman 'fief' and Old French, denoting payment or estate). Emerging in commercial and legal contexts during the mid-20th century, it formalizes the longstanding custom of compensating intermediaries who successfully bridge business parties or locate lost assets.

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10 Global Lexicons: How "Finder's fee" is said worldwide

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🇫🇷French → English

honoraire d'apporteur d'affaires

Transliteration: ɔnɔʁɛʁ da.pɔʁ.tœʁ da.fɛʁ

"Il a touché un honoraire d'apporteur d'affaires pour cette transaction."

🇩🇪German → English

Vermittlungsprovision

Transliteration: fɛɐ̯ˈmɪt.lʊŋs.pʁo.viˌzi̯oːn

"Er erhielt eine beträchtliche Vermittlungsprovision für den Geschäftsabschluss."

🇮🇹Italian → English

provvigione di mediazione

Transliteration: prɔv.viˈdʒoː.ne di me.djaˈtjoː.ne

"Gli è stata pagata una provvigione di mediazione per l'affare."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

comisión por intermediación

Transliteration: ko.miˈsjon poɾ in.teɾ.me.ðaˈsjon

"El agente cobró una comisión por intermediación muy alta."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

comissão de angariação

Transliteration: ko.miˈsɐ̃w dʒi ã.ɡa.ɾi.aˈsɐ̃w

"Ele recebeu uma comissão de angariação pelo negócio fechado."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

दलाली शुल्क

Transliteration: dalālī śulk

"सौde को पक्का कराने के लिए उसे दलाली शुल्क मिला।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

介绍费

Transliteration: jièshàofèi

"成功促成交易后,他获得了一笔丰厚的介绍费。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

중개 수수료

Transliteration: jung-gae su-su-ryo

"그는 계약을 성사시키고 중개 수수료를 받았다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

紹介料

Transliteration: shōkairō

"彼はビジネスの成立成功によって紹介料を受け取った。"

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