surcharge
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Maybe L.A. voters took pity on visitors to their grungy city who are required to pay a surcharge merely to hail an Uber from Los Angeles International Airport.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
The company was fined £267,000, with an added victim surcharge taking the total payable to £287,025.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Postal Service is charging an 8% fee on certain packages, its first fuel surcharge ever.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
As well as the suspended prison sentence, Lee must carry out 10 rehabilitation days and pay £500 compensation and a statutory surcharge.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 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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