How to Use surcharge in a Sentence

surcharge

1 of 2 verb
  • Some restaurants also started slapping an egg surcharge onto their menu items.
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Domestic flights will also get surcharged.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Then, in April, the payments giant limited the amount merchants can surcharge to 3%, down from 4%.
    — Jennifer Surane, Fortune, 30 July 2023
  • The carriers could then surcharge their residential and commercial customers for half of what they are assessed.
    — Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Merchants would gain surcharging flexibility and those that accept one of a network’s credit cards would no longer have to accept all of them.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
  • One of our key initiatives was partnering with banks to make our network accessible to their cardholders, surcharge free.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
  • But those insurers are allowed to surcharge their own policyholders to recoup those payments, meaning those with insurance coverage across the state could see their rates increase.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Robins said the company considered multiple different options before settling on the winnings surcharge.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The Connecticut Restaurant Association hasn’t weighed in on whether to repeal the meals surcharge or whether to redirect the tax receipts to towns.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Insurers also can surcharge policyholders for 100% of assessments in excess of those amounts.
    — Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The House bill allows states to obtain waivers allowing insurers to reject applicants with medical conditions or surcharge them heavily under certain circumstances.
    — Michael Hiltzik, chicagotribune.com, 9 June 2017
  • On Disney, room service is mostly free all day and night, while on Royal Caribbean, only continental breakfast is included in the fare (hot breakfasts and other meal periods are surcharged), for example.
    — Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2024
  • For years, Lamont has blocked attempts by liberal Democrats to raise the state income tax on Connecticut’s wealthiest residents or impose a separate capital gains surcharge that the caucus still advocates.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Now, under a policy Lara put in place last year that is being challenged in court, insurers are filing applications with the state Department of Insurance seeking to surcharge their policyholders statewide for half the costs of that assessment.
    — Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025

surcharge

2 of 2 noun
  • The airline has added a $20 fuel surcharge on all international flights.
  • Pay the surcharge for an Uber, or just don't go out.
    — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • How much are the surcharges and when will consumers see them?
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Tokyo also removed the gas tax surcharge last month.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
  • But the surcharge kicks in at income over $1 million.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • The surcharge should relate directly to the size and weight of the car or truck.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Roach expects to get hit with higher fuel surcharges any day now.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Nixon lifted the surcharge after four months.
    — Daniel Bush, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • In order to offset that surcharge, some sellers may opt to raise prices.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Uber and Lyft said the surcharge will remain in effect for the next two months.
    — Preetika Rana, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Again, the amount of the surcharge will depend on package weight and distance.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The surcharge per ride is a flat rate based on the average trip distance and the gas prices in each state.
    — David Astoria, Fortune, 13 July 2022
  • Others tack on credit-card surcharges.
    — Arkansas Online, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Lately, she's seen fuel surcharges jump to $50 for some flights.
    — Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Some solo drivers and businesses may not be able to add any surcharge at all.
    — Michael E. Kanell, ajc, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Shippers have started adding surcharges to cover the cost.
    — Mae Anderson, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • Fuel and freight surcharges will also be reimbursed through the rest of the year.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 16 June 2023
  • Daniels said the sales tax surcharge will be applied to items not including fuel.
    — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • To keep up, Estrada has added a fuel surcharge to every trip.
    — Robbie Owens, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Also, be sure to double-check whether there is a surcharge for paying with a credit card.
    — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 30 May 2026
  • The statement said the business surcharges have raised $6 million a year.
    — ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The surcharge will be temporary and last at least 60 days, Lyft said.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Passengers will pay a surcharge based on their trips' distance and cabin.
    — ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The workers were charged a 2% surcharge to cash those checks, which went to Loloee’s pocket.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • And that residual amount — the mystery surcharge — has never gone away.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Some companies are asking backers to pay a surcharge to help cover the cost.
    — Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Pearson noted that revenues from the 6% surcharge on the cost of short-term lodging are volatile.
    — Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The group supports increasing the surcharge rate.
    — Barbara Hoberock, Oklahoman, 19 Feb. 2026
  • One more piece of confusion was the impact fuel surcharges had on margins.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 24 June 2026
  • That new surcharge is expected to be included in the state budget, which is now more than six weeks late.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026

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