service charge
noun
: a fee charged for a particular service often in addition to a standard or basic fee
called also service fee
Examples of service charge in a Sentence
Tickets are $25 each plus a $3 service charge per ticket.
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Research from the National Restaurant Association shows that 54% of full-service operators — including 67% of fine-dining operators — say their restaurants sometimes add a service charge or automatic gratuity to customer checks.
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Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
Check restaurant and hotel bills for service charges, which are often included; if there are none, consider adding 10 percent at restaurants or a few pounds per night at hotels if the service warrants.
—Susanne Fowler, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
The Chattogram Port Authority recently implemented new service charges that hiked average prices by roughly 40 percent, driving the major ocean carriers to tag on surcharges of their own.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
That means restaurant servers will not be able to deduct service charges that some restaurants automatically apply to diners’ checks.
—Levi Sumagaysay, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
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Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
Check restaurant and hotel bills for service charges, which are often included; if there are none, consider adding 10 percent at restaurants or a few pounds per night at hotels if the service warrants.
—Susanne Fowler, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
The Chattogram Port Authority recently implemented new service charges that hiked average prices by roughly 40 percent, driving the major ocean carriers to tag on surcharges of their own.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
That means restaurant servers will not be able to deduct service charges that some restaurants automatically apply to diners’ checks.
—Levi Sumagaysay, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for service charge
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“Service charge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20charge. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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