cover chargenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈkʌv.ə ˌtʃɑːdʒ/us/ˈkʌv.ɚ ˌtʃɑːrdʒ/a charge that is sometimes added to the amount that a customer pays for food, drinks, and service in a restaurant, or that is added in a nightclub to pay for entertainment
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Costs & expenses
- admission
- aliment
- alimony
- asking price
- carrying charge
- charge
- compensation
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune idiom
- cost-of-living index
- damage
- dent
- flat rate
- indirect cost
- maintenance
- outlay
- price war
- running costs
- settlement
- stoppage
- worth
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Examples from literature
- What's the cover charge? he said, once he'd caught up.