Female escort raised charges (4)
I believe the answer is:
fees
'charges' is the definition.
(fee is a kind of charge)
'female escort raised' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'escort' becomes 'see' ('see' can be a synonym of 'escort'**).
'raised' says the letters should be written backwards.
'see' written backwards gives 'ees'.
'f'+'ees'='FEES'
(Other definitions for fees that I've seen before include "School payment(s), for example" , "Professional payments" , "pay" , "Lawyers' charges" , "Service charges" .)