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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Tips must be paid voluntarily (service charges don't count towards the deduction).
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
An advantage to this approach is that the service charge goes to the restaurant.
—Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
Automatic gratuity or service charges may only be included for parties with six or more guests.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
The practice of adding service charges to restaurant checks has grown in Southern California and across the nation in recent years.
—Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
An advantage to this approach is that the service charge goes to the restaurant.
—Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
Automatic gratuity or service charges may only be included for parties with six or more guests.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
The practice of adding service charges to restaurant checks has grown in Southern California and across the nation in recent years.
—Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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 29 Jul. 2025.
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