- 1an 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(British English) 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 Wordfinderrestaurantà la carte, course, cuisine, menu, order, reservation, restaurant, service charge, speciality, waiter See related entries: Dining out
- 3an 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.
service charge
nounBrE BrE//ˈsɜːvɪs tʃɑːdʒ//; NAmE NAmE//ˈsɜːrvɪs tʃɑːrdʒ//
Dining outCheck pronunciation: service charge
