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
  • With the aim of producing an addition 200,000 degrees beyond the 1 million already projected for 2030, the university set goals to improve its graduation rates.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
  • His 2025 reality included middling separation scores and rates against both man and zone coverage.
    — Jake Ciely, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of rates
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  • Last year, the IMAX company netted more than a billion dollars through ticket sales in its theatres alone—its highest mark ever—even as over-all box-office numbers continued to dip below pre-COVID levels.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 22 July 2026
  • Topline Alphabet on Wednesday reported its 12th-straight quarter of double-digit revenue growth, boosted by another surge in Google Cloud sales as nearly 1 billion people now use the firm’s AI models.
    — Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of sales
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  • That, and the new wave of tariffs, brings fresh uncertainty to global trade again and poses potentially higher prices as importers deal with potentially higher levies.
    — Christine Romans, NBC news, 25 July 2026
  • Earlier this week, tariffs on certain Brazilian goods also took effect under a different legal authority after the administration determined Brazil’s policies had harmed US commerce.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of tariffs
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