Thesaurus results for SERVICE CHARGE

service charge

noun

variants also service fee

Definition of service charge

as in unit price

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Recent Examples of service charge Nightly rates at Hoshinoya Nara Prison start from $908, including tax and service charge. — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026 The breakdown is $140 for the ticket, four bucks for a facility fee, and a $10 service charge, plus taxes. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2026 Tickets are priced at $154, which includes a $140 ticket, a $4 facility fee and a $10 service charge, plus applicable taxes. — ABC News, 7 July 2026 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. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for service charge

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Noun

While well below the Mountain View per-unit price, the Sunnyvale deal was generally at a similar level as some recent apartment transactions in South San Jose.

— George Avalos, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
The publication suggests that the unit price could be as low as $10,000, signaling Beijing’s push to make advanced loitering munitions affordable for mass deployment.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025

Definition of unit price

Noun

But Wall Street analysts now see a rate hike by December as a near certainty, according to futures prices.

— DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFFFROM WIRE REPORTS, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Researchers believe this national longevity is likely linked to low rates of obesity, healthy diets, widespread health screenings and affordable health care, which lead to lower mortality rates from heart disease and cancer.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of rate

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The report also said that carrying charges — the monthly payments made by members — had not kept up with the rising costs of operating the co-op and between 50 to 100 residents did not pay those charges on time.

— Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 2024
As a result, most of the battery's volume and bulk is dedicated to things that don't contribute to carrying charges between the electrodes, which sets a limit on the sorts of energy densities that these technologies can reach.

— John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2023

Definition of carrying charge

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Heading into the weekend, Wilson’s film was already looking strong, having netted more than $60,000 in pre-sales to become the highest-grossing opening for a documentary in the theater’s history.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2026
Pulte normally provides an insurance policy as part of the sale package.

— Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of sale

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Ana Bozovic, the founder of Analytics Miami, noted that the $30 million-and-up price point barely existed in Miami-Dade before the pandemic.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
And to add insult to injury for football fans, the Sunday Ticket has been inching up in price point.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of price point

Noun

Orange County’s hotel tax is a 6-cent-per-dollar surcharge on hotel room and short-term rental stays, a lucrative funding source essentially dedicated to paying for tourism marketing and to building venues that create more tourism.

— Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
In 2019, Amazon quietly changed its auction rules to include an undisclosed surcharge that would have to be paid by the online brands and sellers advertising on the platform.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of surcharge

Noun

Trump has slapped a 50% tariff on Canadian goods and plans to ban the country's dairy, alcohol and auto imports later this month, drawing retaliation from Ottawa.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
The president has been publicly furious with the Supreme Court over its decisions against restricting birthright citizenship and his ability to issue tariffs unilaterally.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026

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