Speaking fee
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A speaking fee is a payment
Fee
A fee is the price one pays as remuneration for services. Fees usually allow for overhead, wages, costs, and markup.Traditionally, professionals in Great Britain received a fee in contradistinction to a payment, salary, or wage, and would often use guineas rather than pounds as units of account...

 awarded to an individual for speaking at a public event
Public speaking
Public speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain the listeners...

. Motivational speakers, businesspersons, awards hosts, conference facilitators, and celebrities are able to garner significant earnings in speaking fees or honoraria.

Public scrutiny

Politician Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani KBE is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from New York. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001....

has been criticized for earning $11 million in 2006 in book income and in speaking fees.

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