service charge

variants also service fee
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Recent Examples of service charge Dinner costs $197 per person, with a 23% service charge. Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 27 Feb. 2026 The service charge is not an out-of-the-ordinary practice, and is common among some upscale restaurants. Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026 In lieu of a tip or gratuity, a 22% service charge will be applied to all purchases. Laura Ness, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025 At $15,000 per box of six drones, and an additional monthly service charge per student, the drones are equipped with nonlethal weaponry, including flash-bangs and pepper spray guns. Emily Greene-Colozzi, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025 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
Noun
  • Yet the shark lawyers just need a few early wins to punish the big box retailers for offering cut rate prices.
    Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • In conjunction with Central Lakes College and Brainerd Walleye Alliance president Adam Mord, Kempe ran a creel survey on three lakes in the Brainerd area to quantify walleye catch rates by anglers using forward-facing sonar.
    Mike McFeely, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Isaacman must prod along Blue Origin, which has fallen behind in this billionaires’ race to space, and must keep SpaceX focused on the task at hand amid the noise of a record-breaking share sale.
    Thomas Black, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Walmart alone has saved Americans tens of billions on low-price bulk sales.
    Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Rafauli and Hästens created an offshoot mattress, drēmər, that’s available at a slightly more accessible price point—albeit without the leather base.
    Helena Madden, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Although United want to add two midfielders, doing both at a price point in the £70m-plus region — echoing their three big signings last summer — might be beyond their finances this time round, given the further squad strengthening required.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Far from corporate greed or anticompetitive behavior, competitive discounts driven by volume and supply chain efficiencies fuel free markets, helping families save money on groceries, appliances, TVs, cellphones, computers and cars.
    Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Although a spike in jet fuel prices is certainly a nail in the discount airline’s coffin, the hole it is being lowered into was dug three years ago—and Biden was holding the shovel.
    Elaine Parker, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • European jet fuel prices have roughly doubled, and airfares are up 24% year-on-year; Lufthansa canceled 20,000 short-haul flights, other European carriers have announced similar measures, and Air France-KLM introduced a €100 surcharge on long-haul flights.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The workers were charged a 2% surcharge to cash those checks, which went to Loloee’s pocket.
    Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Porsche is not having the best time of things after betting too heavily on EVs, which looks even worse in the vital US market thanks to Trump’s tariffs.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The factors that have helped consumers keep their heads above water in the face of tariff price rises and oil inflation, to name a few—such as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and tax refunds—aren’t frequent boosts to spending.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026

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“Service charge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/service%20charge. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.

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