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School fees? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

terms

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'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...

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(Other definitions for terms that I've seen before include "Phrases" , "qualifications" , "Divisions of the academic year" , "Conditions, for school periods?" , "Work periods" .)

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