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Recent Examples of service charge
The service charge is not an out-of-the-ordinary practice, and is common among some upscale restaurants.
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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
The cost is $119 for adults and $35 for children 3 to 10 years old (tax and service charge will be added to all reservations).
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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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
The cost is $119 for adults and $35 for children 3 to 10 years old (tax and service charge will be added to all reservations).
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for service charge
Noun
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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
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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
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The country’s inflation rate has recently been among the highest in Europe.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Rising electricity rates have been a fault line in recent campaigns, especially as enormous data centers are built to power artificial intelligence.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
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Fast food nation BYD's stellar domestic sales growth has reversed recently, tracking a slump in China's broader EV sector amid persistent oversupply issues in the Chinese market and a rollback of government subsidies on new energy vehicles from the start of 2026.—
Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
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That could increase since the sale of Paramount to Skydance Media allows the league to renegotiate its deal with CBS.—
Joe Reedy,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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The units in these buildings tend to be smaller and come at a more affordable price point, Olin said.—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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The price point of these jeans are so appealing.—
Kaitlin Clapinski,
InStyle,
8 Apr. 2026
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The discounts apply in-store and online.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Apr. 2026
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The highly anticipated, buzzy Sephora sale is when makeup lovers, skin care enthusiasts and beyond can shop major discounts across all brands.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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On Monday, the PRC approved the courier’s request to add an 8 percent fuel surcharge.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2026
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In order to offset that surcharge, some sellers may opt to raise prices.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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The Financial Times reported this week that Hamid Hosseini, a spokesperson for Iran's energy exports union, said the country would look to impose a tariff equivalent to $1 per barrel.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Regardless of the ruling, tariffs are set to expire in July when the 150-day window expires.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Service charge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/service%20charge. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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