1 an amount of money that is added to a bill, as an extra charge for a service:
That will be $50, plus a service charge of $2.50.
2 (BrE) an amount of money that is added to a bill in a restaurant, for example 10% of the total, that goes to pay for the work of the staff
3 an amount of money that is paid to the owner of an apartment building for services such as putting out rubbish/garbage, cleaning the stairs, etc.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, service charge is tagged as noun.
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