service charges

noun

variants also service fees
plural of service charge
as in carrying charges

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  1. rates
  2. sales
  3. tariffs
Noun
  • Advertisement The day after the raid, the Wilder School District reported absent rates soared, with 20% of students absent, according to The Idaho Statesman.
    — Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Interestingly, there is no statistically detectable difference in offending rates before college, suggesting the future fraternity members weren’t always fundamentally different in their behavior.
    — Jens Ludwig, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of rates
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  • Vasilescu says Converse could meet the same fate, given its recent performance and the parent company’s need to focus on fixing other ailing parts of its business, like sales in China and its Jordan brand.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • That’s about a quarter of the school’s annual athletics budget, according to data in Sportico’s college finance database, and roughly two years’ worth of football ticket sales.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of sales
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  • After responding to their most visible attacks, the two candidates traded barbs over a slew of policy issues, including health care, prescription drug prices, tariffs and the ongoing war with Iran.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Notable China is planning to frame tariffs against some of its clean technology as a major obstacle for global climate action in the upcoming COP summit.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of tariffs
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