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service charge

An additional charge for a service for which there is already a basic fee. Also called service fee.

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service charge

a percentage of a bill, as at a restaurant or hotel, added to the total to pay for service

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

serv′ice charge`

a fee charged for a service, sometimes in addition to a basic charge. Also called serv′ice fee`.

[1915–20]

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Noun

service charge - a percentage of a bill (as at a hotel or restaurant) added in payment for service

service fee

charge - the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge"

corkage - a charge added at a restaurant for every bottle of wine served that was not bought on the premises

Translations

رَسْمُ الـخِدْمَة

příplatek za obsluhu

servicegebyr

palvelumaksu

cijena usluge

サービス料

서비스 요금

доплата за обслуживание

serveringsavgift

ค่าบริการ

servis ücreti

phí dịch vụ

服务费

service charge

n (in restaurant) → servizio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

service charge

→ رَسْمُ الـخِدْمَة příplatek za obsluhu servicegebyr Bedienungszuschlag χρέωση υπηρεσίας pago por el servicio palvelumaksu prix du service cijena usluge servizio サービス料 서비스 요금 bedieningsgeld driks opłata za obsługę taxa de serviço доплата за обслуживание serveringsavgift ค่าบริการ servis ücreti phí dịch vụ 服务费

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The enforcement of the service charge law only exacerbates the situation.

Service Charge Law: Populist and anti-entrepreneur

It amends Article 96 of the Labor Code, which only provides workers with 85 percent of the service charge collection while the remaining 15 percent will go to the management.

IRR of service charge law out soon: DOLE

The legislation, however, stressed that service charges could not be used as basis in determining an increase for minimum- wage rates.

'Service Charge law may not cover supervisors and managers'

11360, which was signed August 7, all rank-and-file and supervisory employees should receive 100 percent of the service charge collected.

BREAKING: Duterte signs service charge bill

The bill proposes the creation of a grievance mechanism that would resolve disputes on the service charge application between employers and the workers.

Hotel, restaurant workers wait for signing of service charge bill

This is in addition to the PS1,600 deficit she and other residents must each pay to cover last year's energy bills which were not covered by the service charge.

Tenants face ever-rising flats charges

class="MsoNormalThe union said the hotels had misconstrued the provisions in the VAT Act 2013, insisting that the service charge paid to its members had been subjected to both 16 percent VAT and 30 percent Pay as You Earn, resulting in the elevation of members' tax burden to 46 percent, compared to 30 percent paid by employees in other sectors.

Hotel staff win as court revokes 16pc VAT service charge

Although he said he understands the service charge, or tips as he called them, is meant to supplement employees' basic salaries, Mustapa added it is likely to be confusing when compared to the service tax.

Will govt educate public on difference between service charge and tax? Tok Pa asks

Public transportation provider Mowasalat has announced that it has waived taxi booking and technology service charges with effect from Sunday.

Mowasalat waives taxi booking, technology service charges

Since then Le Gavroche has moved to include the service charge in the bill.

Just who gets service charge?

All certified business operator must also put a notice of their service charge at the entrance to their establishment.