"cover charge" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cover charges [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cover charge (plural cover charges)
  1. An amount of money to be paid for entering a bar or restaurant where entertainment is provided. Translations (amount of money to be paid for entering a bar or restaurant): 入场费 (rùchǎngfèi) (Chinese), Eintrittsgeld [neuter] (German), Zugangsgebühr [feminine] (German), belépő (Hungarian), belépődíj (Hungarian), belépti díj (Hungarian), ingresso [masculine] (Italian), テーブルチャージ (tēburu chāji) (Japanese), カバーチャージ (kabā chāji) (Japanese), inngangspenger [masculine, plural] (Norwegian), entré [masculine] (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-cover_charge-en-noun-wdYJ~N3m Disambiguation of 'amount of money to be paid for entering a bar or restaurant': 69 31
  2. An amount of money added to a restaurant bill in lieu of tips, and to pay for uncharged items such as bread and water. Translations (amount of money added to a restaurant bill in lieu of tips): Gedeckzuschlag [masculine] (German), terítékdíj (Hungarian), kuver (Hungarian), pane e coperto (Italian), coperto [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-cover_charge-en-noun-uLaX979H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of 'amount of money added to a restaurant bill in lieu of tips': 18 82

Inflected forms

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          "word": "Gedeckzuschlag"
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          "sense": "amount of money added to a restaurant bill in lieu of tips",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "amount of money added to a restaurant bill in lieu of tips",
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          "sense": "amount of money added to a restaurant bill in lieu of tips",
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      "word": "入场费"
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      "sense": "amount of money to be paid for entering a bar or restaurant",
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      "sense": "amount of money to be paid for entering a bar or restaurant",
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      "word": "Zugangsgebühr"
    },
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      "sense": "amount of money to be paid for entering a bar or restaurant",
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      "word": "ingresso"
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    },
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      "word": "Gedeckzuschlag"
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      "word": "terítékdíj"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "amount of money added to a restaurant bill in lieu of tips",
      "word": "kuver"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "amount of money added to a restaurant bill in lieu of tips",
      "word": "pane e coperto"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "amount of money added to a restaurant bill in lieu of tips",
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      "word": "coperto"
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