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 Frustration is said to be mounting as several cruise lines have raised their gratuity or service charges in 2026. — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026 However, a decline in license, permit and service charges is anticipated compared to the 2025-26 mid-year budget. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026 At the end of a meal at Somebody People, the server places the bill on the table and explains that a 20% service charge is included and that is shared with the front and back of house. — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 18 May 2026 There is a service charge, as well as a food and beverage minimum, but the staff at Sister will take care of everything—serving, bartending, and clean-up. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 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

As mayor of Greater Manchester for nine years, Burnham oversaw a city region whose economy has grown at roughly twice the rate of the country as a whole.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Growing need, few resources Women’s incarceration rates have grown at twice the pace of men’s in recent decades.

— Amber Gaudet July 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026

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Beyond the realm of the physical world, where particles are involved in simple roles like carrying charge or existing as matter, there is the quantum world, where particles pass through solid barriers or communicate via large distances even though they are not connected in any manner.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2025
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

Definition of carrying charge

Noun

While reproductions can be excellent options, there should be a different price point.

— Heather Bien, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
Circana’s latest consumer survey also found that 57 percent of shoppers are concerned about price increases impacting back-to-school clothing and footwear purchases this year, yet families aren’t simply chasing the lowest price point.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 17 July 2026

Definition of price point

Noun

That could also play a part in memory longevity, which for those buying expensive sticks—even at slight CXMT discounts—is something well worth considering.

— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 16 July 2026
For some of those customers, free line promotions were not reflected correctly following migration due to a delay in applying promotional discounts.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026

Definition of discount

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The tax, a 6% surcharge on hotel rooms, home-sharing rentals and other short-term lodging, is on track to soar past $400 million in a fiscal year for the first-term ever if tourism numbers continue close to the current pace.

— Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
That equates to a $17 monthly surcharge for the average homeowner or renter.

— Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Definition of surcharge

Noun

And with looming questions about tariffs, labor markets, and shifting political conditions, many companies are treating automation as a long-term hedge against uncertainty, not a one-time upgrade.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
Bank of America Securities analyst Steve Juneau predicted in a May 20 note to clients that oil and gas costs would remain stubbornly high, leaving tariff rebates as a way to extinguish higher freight costs.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 July 2026

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