Definition of cover charge
: a charge made by a restaurant or nightclub in addition to the charge for food and drink
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Examples of cover charge in a Sentence
The nightclub has a cover charge.
Recent Examples of cover charge from the Web
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The $5 cover charge benefits youth-advocacy nonprofit Thrive Chicago.
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The cost of seeing a bit of history in Bend was a $20 cover charge, but seats were reserved closer to the stage for an additional $15 to $25.
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The cover charge is $5 for students and $8 for adults.
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The cover charge for playing games is $5 per person.
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But a presidential pardon doesn’t cover charges from state and local authorities.
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Free admission; $5 cover charge after 9:30 p.m. March 17.
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There’s no cover charge to dine in the club room, but reservations are recommended on weeknights and required on weekends, DiCarlo said.
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So writes the anthropologist Akiko Takeyama, in a recent book about Tokyo host clubs, where women pay a cover charge to drink and chat with personable, attentive men.
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First Known Use of cover charge
1921
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Definition of cover charge for English Language Learners
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: an amount of money that must be paid to go into a nightclub or restaurant in addition to the charge for food and drink
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