surcharge
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The chain was fined £737,000 - cut from £1.1 million because of an early plea - and costs of £11,221.38, as well as a £2,000 victim surcharge.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
If she were paid, say, $1,000,001, then she’d be subject to the surcharge, which would come to 13 cents.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
High prices are one problem—no one wants to pay a fuel surcharge on their airline ticket.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
The increase in revenue was driven by higher merchandise pricing, intermodal volume growth, increased fuel surcharge revenu, and higher domestic coal revenue, the company said, partially offset by lower export coal revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Alabama charges a 30 percent collection fee, and Florida allows private debt collectors to tack on a 40 percent surcharge to the underlying debt.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing surcharge
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