(ゆうりょう)

ゆうりょう
noun
fee-charging, paid
1. fee-charging, paid, for a fee
Requiring payment; not free. Used to describe services, facilities, or content that cost money.
This parking lot charges a fee.
I purchased paid content.
有料(ゆうりょう)道路(どうろ)(とお)った
I took the toll road.

有料(ゆうりょう) means "requiring payment" — the opposite of 無料(むりょう) (free). It functions as a noun and の-adjective, modifying other nouns directly or with の.

COMPOUND:
(ゆう) (have/exist) + (りょう) (fee) — literally "fee exists."

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

PATTERN:
有料(ゆうりょう) often appears in signs and notices: この駐車場(ちゅうしゃじょう)有料(ゆうりょう)です (This parking lot charges a fee). In everyday speech, the contrast with 無料(むりょう) is very common: 有料(ゆうりょう)無料(むりょう) (whether it's paid or free).

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