service chargenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsɜː.vɪs ˌtʃɑːdʒ/us/ˈsɝː.vɪs ˌtʃɑːrdʒ/an amount of money added to the basic price of something to pay for the cost of dealing with the customer:
If you order the tickets by phone you have to pay a $2 service charge as well as $13.50 for each ticket.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Costs & expenses
- aliment
- alimony
- asking price
- carrying charge
- charge
- compensation
- corkage
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune idiom
- cost-of-living index
- damage
- dent
- expense
- flat rate
- indirect cost
- maintenance
- price war
- running costs
- settlement
- sticker price
- stoppage
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