surcharge
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However, he trims his 2026 and 2027 earnings forecasts by 3.1% and 2.9%, respectively, to reflect higher-than-expected costs and the one-off impact of Tenaga absorbing electricity surcharge costs from September to December.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
It is surcharge added to standard monthly premiums for Medicare.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Some of the possible measures include an increase in the bank corporation tax surcharge, higher taxes on gambling, and potential changes to property taxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
At Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court, he was fined £660, given six penalty points on his licence and ordered to pay £120 in costs and a £264 victim surcharge.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
I’d planned to buy my ticket at the window, but there isn’t time; I’ll have to buy it on the train and pay the surcharge.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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The allegations also claim that Amazon executives added hidden surcharges to meet revenue targets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Waiting until age 73 to withdraw from tax-deferred accounts can trigger higher taxes and Medicare premium surcharges.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Both companies benefited from fuel surcharges, which allow the freight companies to pass on higher fuel costs to their customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Jeremy Phillips, from Barette Plant Hire, said it "hasn't been too much of an issue so far, but that fuel surcharges are being added to hourly rates".
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
On top of that, probation officers in most states can require that an individual dedicate 35 percent of his or her income toward the payment of fines, fees, surcharges, and restitution charged by numerous agencies.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Homeowners would not be surcharged for commercial losses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
Of the 777 surcharged penalty notices issued for LEZ contraventions in July, 689 were for a second breach where the penalty rate was £120.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2023
“An innovative app or website or startup may never get off the ground because it could be surcharged to death, buried in search results or ripped off completely.”
From The Verge ● Jun. 13, 2022
While city leaders shrug their shoulders at trash-strewn encampments, Seattle homeowners can rest assured that any additional trash left outside the bin on collection day will be appropriately surcharged.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2021
In spite of his calm demeanor, calm voice, he was charged and surcharged with a will to action, a readiness to take and enjoy any desperate chance.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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Other terms of this proposed settlement include more options for credit surcharging.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025
More merchants, especially small businesses, in recent years have begun passing on the interchange fees they incur to consumers by surcharging them when they pay with credit cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
“The delay has helped, especially since the biggest publisher, Canada’s Transcontinental,” has offered to absorb the cost burden of the tariffs instead of surcharging its clients.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2025
Cars and light-goods vehicles face fines of up to £480 per day for repeated breaches of the rules, known as surcharging, with penalties of up to £960 for buses and HGVs.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023
Weeping had not eased her bosom; she had only become more conscious of the load of tears surcharging it.
From A Life's Morning by George Gissing
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