School fees? (5)
I believe the answer is:
terms
'fees?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I can't see how they can define each other.
'school' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'school' could be 's' and 's' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'term' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for terms that I've seen before include "Phrases" , "qualifications" , "Divisions of the academic year" , "Conditions, for school periods?" , "Work periods" .)