The phrase "a straight fee" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to finance, legal agreements, or service charges where a fixed fee is being discussed without any additional costs or commissions.
Example: "The consultant charges a straight fee for her services, ensuring there are no hidden costs involved."
Alternatives: "a flat fee" or "a fixed fee".
"It's a straight fee for a straight service," he said.
Henszey & Albert uses a straight fee system; of its 16 clients, only one pays by commission.
Hutchinson made a slightly better offer, a straight fee of £75.
Ticketmaster refused to comment on the specifics of their deals with venues but the rumour is that it cost them at least £1m a year to be the O2's preferred ticket agency (this may not be a straight fee – some believe such payments could be made in other forms, such as contributions to the venue's marketing costs).
It seems that in more areas, another cost is expected: a straight fee for merely participating in school sports.
Eastwood received a percentage-based salary, unlike the first two films where he received a straight fee salary.
Non-profit (or charitable) status is hard to defend with a straight face if fees are outrageously out of line.
The teams now have a straight rights fee deal with the new network that will start paying the same amount CSN Houston would have paid this season.
That's key to Redux's revenue model, which is based on time spent with content rather than just a straight licensing fee for its technology.
Now, Mr. Telegdy said, Mr. Burnett and other prominent reality show producers often do not make straight fee arrangements, but instead form partnerships with a network or a studio to share profits in a show.
Once they do this, more of them can try charging for the service with a straight face — a per-transaction fee that they won't have to share with Visa and MasterCard the same way banks do with debit and credit card transactions.
