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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How Cruise Tipping Works Some first-time cruisers may be shocked to learn that there is a per person—not per stateroom—gratuity and/or service charge already added into the cost of their cruise on many popular lines.
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2026
Dinner costs $197 per person, with a 23% service charge.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 27 Feb. 2026
The vote came a year after the authority approved the largest systemwide service charges in over a decade.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 26 Feb. 2026
The case now revolves around the language restaurants use to differentiate between tips and service charges.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2026
Dinner costs $197 per person, with a 23% service charge.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 27 Feb. 2026
The vote came a year after the authority approved the largest systemwide service charges in over a decade.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 26 Feb. 2026
The case now revolves around the language restaurants use to differentiate between tips and service charges.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
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 10 Mar. 2026.
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