carrying charges

noun

plural of carrying charge
as in service charges

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  1. rates
  2. sales
  3. tariffs
Noun
  • Data published by the CDC shows that more than half of the Covid deaths between 2020 and 2023 were among adults 75 and older, and hospitalization rates among seniors were consistently higher than in other age groups.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Roughly 400 private, not-for-profit four-year institutions have admissions rates of at least 80%, according to the most recent data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of rates
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  • All stadium revenue would belong to the team, including ticket sales, licenses to suites, advertising and marketing revenue, sales of concessions and memorabilia, and parking sales.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2026
  • That would translate to about 220 million euros in retail sales over the first 12 months, industry sources say.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of sales
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  • The bipartisan package allows the president to impose tariffs on the world’s top five purchasers of Russian oil or natural gas, including China and India.
    — Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The biggest—and really the only thing—that has made is rethink our production is tariffs.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of tariffs
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“Carrying charges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrying%20charges. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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