service charge
noun
: a fee charged for a particular service often in addition to a standard or basic fee
called also service fee
Examples of service charge in a Sentence
Tickets are $25 each plus a $3 service charge per ticket.
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RVers must also account for insurance, cleaning fees, service charges and gas mileage.
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Andrea Agostini Ferrer, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Taxpayers may receive a lower refund if tax preparation fees, advance loans or service charges were deducted.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
That includes restaurants — which would have to include information about service charges on their menus or in pricing advertisements, as well as details about how those service charges are distributed.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025
And the Ritz-Carlton hotel agreed in 2015 to refund some customers and donate $75,000 to the CIAA Scholarship Fund over a 15% service charge in the hotel’s lounge during that year’s tournament.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2025
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Andrea Agostini Ferrer, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Taxpayers may receive a lower refund if tax preparation fees, advance loans or service charges were deducted.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
That includes restaurants — which would have to include information about service charges on their menus or in pricing advertisements, as well as details about how those service charges are distributed.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025
And the Ritz-Carlton hotel agreed in 2015 to refund some customers and donate $75,000 to the CIAA Scholarship Fund over a 15% service charge in the hotel’s lounge during that year’s tournament.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Service charge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20charge. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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