These days, however, that fee no longer comes close to covering a show's costs.

Legal and filing fees often come to less than $1,000.

The total fee probably came to something like live thousand dollars, what with the various changes made over time.

Brokers may tell you not to worry, that their fee comes from the bank.

"Health and safety is where all your fees come from."

The legal and administrative fees usually come to at least $2,000.

Also, a $45,000 fee came along only once in a blue moon.

Total fees for that house would come to more than $17,000.

Not surprisingly, the fees came largely from groups with an interest in tax legislation.

Those fees, bankers say, could come to about $200 million.