Definition of Service charge

1. Noun. A percentage of a bill (as at a hotel or restaurant) added in payment for service.

Exact synonyms: Service Fee
Generic synonyms: Charge
Specialized synonyms: Corkage

Definition of Service charge

1. Noun. An amount added to the bill in a restaurant, or other similar establishment, which is normally paid to the waiter or waitress. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Service Charge

servewing
service-oriented architecture
service-oriented architectures
service abroad
service agency
service agreement
service area
service areas
service book
service break
service bureau
service call
service cap
service ceiling
service charge
service charges
service club
service contract
service cutback
service department
service dog
service door
service elevator
service entrance
service fee
service firm
service game
service games
service industries

Literary usage of Service charge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1861)
"... with the proof-charge, which is three times the quantity of the ordinary service-charge. — Proc. ..."

2. Journal of the New England Water Works Association by New England Water Works Association (1920)
"The total for each size of service connection would give the proper service charge, and your committee believes that this service charge should be the same ..."

3. Public Utilities Reports by Henry Clifford Spurr, Ellsworth Nichols, Public Utilities Reports, inc (1920)
"The service charge The theory of the cost-plus plan is that the service ... The service charge will, therefore, amount to approximately 7.3 cents* per ..."

4. Banking Practice: A Textbook for Colleges and Schools of Business Administration by Loyd Helvetius Langston, Nathan Ruggles Whitney (1921)
"Hence it is theoretically justifiable for banks to make what may be called a service charge for this work. " Exchange " a service charge. ..."

5. Meter Rates for Water Works by Allen Hazen (1917)
"CHAPTER VII THE service charge It is a mistake to assume that water companies have ... The service charge is a charge for the privilege of having a service, ..."

6. Meter Rates for Water Works by Allen Hazen (1917)
"CHAPTER VII THE service charge It is a mistake to assume that water companies have ... The service charge is a charge for the privilege of having a service, ..."

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