feoff / fief [fi:f]
feoff – v. – 1. to invest for a fee; 2. to invest with the legal estate, subject to an obligation to allow the use to another
fief – n. – 1. in feudal law, an estate granted by a lord to his vassal on condition of homage and serviced; 2. fiefdom – the estate or domain of a feudal lord; 3. something that one person or group controls