为解决问题而向有关专业人员、咨询机构进行询问求教所需付给的费用consultancy fee

• 甚至给外地人指个路，也要收“咨询费”。

  Even if one just shows the way to someone from another area, one wants a "consultancy fee"

• 他向一家公司联系租房时，先付了信息咨询费。

  When contacting a company to rent a house, he first paid an information consultancy fee.