verb / noun · neutral
charge
UK/tʃɑːdʒ/US/tʃɑrdʒ/CHARGE
to ask someone to pay an amount of money; the amount asked for a service or product
Examples
“The shop charged me £5 for delivery.”
“There is a service charge on top of the bill.”
“They charged my card immediately.”
Band 8 sentence
“The restaurant charged an extra service fee for the private-room booking, which I found a bit steep.”
Collocations
- charge someone (something)
- service charge
- be charged for
Word family
Common mistakes
They charge to me $5 for parking.→They charged me $5 for parking.
There is service charge extra.→There is an extra service charge.
They charge me for the product price.→They charged me for the product.
Say it for a higher band
5ask→6demand→7+charge
Synonyms
bill
ask (for payment)
Easily confused
fee
“There is a small fee for using the service.”
cost
“The cost of repairing the car was higher than expected.”
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