The phrase "accepting fees" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where a person or organization is willing to receive payment for services or goods.
Example: "The consultant is accepting fees for his expertise in project management."
Alternatives: "receiving payments" or "collecting charges".
Now, they are prosecuting attorney's for accepting fees after providing contracted evaluation services, in a manner they previously found acceptable.
"If you are hosting dogs and accepting fees, then that's a business," Ms. Worters said in an e-mail.
When the federal government shut down on Oct. 1, permit offices across the country stopped accepting fees, contractors stopped receiving checks and research projects became stalled.
Legally, that makes Mr. Madoff's firm the "sub-custodian" of the funds, since HSBC is accepting fees to serve as their official custodian.
It also raises disturbing questions about the practice of advertising babies, and accepting fees for arranging adoptions, especially via the Internet.
Last week, Mr. Picard sued UBS and its feeder fund affiliates for $2 billion, accusing the Swiss bank of profiting from the fraud by accepting fees for lending its name and sponsorship to several big Madoff feeder funds without providing the supervision or due diligence that its role required.
The director, Isaac M. Jaroslawicz, said the center accepts fees for its advice.
While smaller buying groups also accept fees, they say they operate differently.
More recently, it has accepted fees from banks simply to guarantee loans sitting on the banks' own books.
They seem, for example, to be less stringent for staffers on book tours, even if they accept fees.
Other former officials who have accepted fees for speaking in support of the M.E.K. said on Monday that they and their agents had not received subpoenas.
