• 料理りょうり — cooking / cuisine
• 材料ざいりょう — materials / ingredients
• 有料ゆうりょう — with charge / paid
• 無料むりょう — free of charge
• 給料きゅうりょう — salary / wage
• 料金りょうきん — fee / fare / charge

料 combines 米 (rice) and 斗 (measuring scoop), evoking “measuring rice” → weighing materials, setting amounts/prices. Hence its senses of materials, value, and fees.