"service charge" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: service charges [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} service charge (plural service charges)
  1. An amount added to a bill in a restaurant, or other similar establishment, which is normally paid to the waiter or waitress. Translations (amount added to a bill): 服務費 (Chinese Mandarin), 服务费 (fúwùfèi) (Chinese Mandarin), palveluraha (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-service_charge-en-noun-8Mu7oj0M Disambiguation of 'amount added to a bill': 98 2
  2. A fee charged for a service, typically to cover administration or processing costs. Synonyms: service fee Related terms: handling charge Translations (fee charged for a service): 手續費 (Chinese Mandarin), 手续费 (shǒuxùfèi) (Chinese Mandarin), palvelumaksu (Finnish), serviceavgift [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-service_charge-en-noun-IRdp6vpz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of 'fee charged for a service': 2 98

Inflected forms

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