1. CHARGE-RENT-FEE-FARE-TOLL-RENTAL

These are all words for an amount of money that is charged or paid for something.

rate a fixed amount of money that is asked or paid for something:

a low hourly rate of pay

interest rates

charge an amount of money that is asked for goods or services:

an admission charge

rent an amount of money that you regularly have to pay for use of a building or room.

In American English, rent can be used to mean rental: The weekly rent on the car was over $300.fee (rather formal) an amount of money that you have to pay for professional advice or services, to go to a school or college, or to join an organization:

legal fees

an annual membership fee

fare the money that you pay to travel by bus, plane, taxi, etc.fine a sum of money that must be paid as punishment for breaking a law or rule:

a parking fine

toll an amount of money that you have to pay to use a particular road or bridge.

rental an amount of money that you have to pay to use something for a particular period of time.

Rent or rental?

In British English rent is only money paid to use a building or room: for other items use rental. In American English rent can be used for both, but rental is still more common for other items.

* Patterns

(a) rate/​charge/​rent/​fee/​fare/​fine/​toll/​rental for something

(a) rate/​charge/​rent/​fee/​toll/​rental on something

at a rate/​charge/​rent/​fee/​fare/​rental of…

for a charge/​fee

to pay (a) rate/​charge/​rent/​fee/​fare/​fine/​toll/​rental

to charge (a) rate/​rent/​fee/​fare/​toll/​rental

2. PRETTY-HANDSOM-ATTRACTIVE-LOVELY-GOO-LOOKING-GORGEOUS

These words all describe people who are pleasant to look at.

beautiful (most often used of a woman or girl) very pleasant to look at:

She looked stunningly beautiful that night.

pretty (most often used of a girl or woman) pleasant to look at:

She’s got a very pretty face.

Pretty is used most often to talk about girls. When it is used to talk about a woman, it usually suggests that she is like a girl, with small

handsome (of a man) pleasant to look at; (of a woman) pleasant to look at, with large strong features rather than small delicate ones:

He was described as ‘tall, dark and handsome’.

attractive (of a person) pleasant to look at, especially in a sexual way:

She’s a very attractive woman.

lovely (of a person) beautiful; very attractive:

She looked particularly lovely that night.

When you describe somebody as lovely, you are usually showing that you also like them very much.

good-looking (of a person) pleasant to look at, often in a sexual way:

She arrived with a very good-looking man.

gorgeous (informal) (of a person) extremely attractive, especially in a sexual way:

You look gorgeous!

attractive or good-looking? If you describe somebody as attractive you often also mean that they have a pleasant personality as well as being pleasant to look at; good-looking only describes somebody’s physical appearance.

Patterns

a(n) beautiful/​pretty/​handsome/​attractive/​lovely/​good-looking/​gorgeous girl/​woman

a(n) beautiful/​handsome/​attractive/​good-looking/​gorgeous boy/​man

a(n) beautiful/​pretty/​handsome/​attractive/​lovely/​good-looking face