: a fee paid for the privilege of playing on a golf course
called also green fee
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These daily green fee courses have been operated by a nonprofit trust with a 50-year lease through the National Park Service.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
The green fee was also supposed to apply to cruises and their passengers, too, which makes up a large part of the Hawaii tourism scene, but a federal judge recently blocked Hawaii from enforcing the levy on the floating behemoths, according to CBS.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2026
These are bucket list vacations, with greens fees in the hundreds of dollars on top of flights, on-property accommodations, and dinner reservations.
—Hugh Kellenberger, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
To help combat the environmental damage and carbon footprint resulting from Hawaii's 10 million annual tourists, a green fee, the first of its kind in the US, was approved in June and will go into effect next year.
—Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Greens fee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/greens%20fee. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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