Sentence examples for surcharge about from inspiring English sources

Vaccines now carry a seventy-five-cent surcharge (about fifteen per cent of total costs), which goes into a fund for children who are injured by them.

More than 25percentt of restaurants, for example, have instituted a "surcharge" — about 4percentt of the bill for most establishments — to pay for the additional costs.

The surcharge, typically about $1.50 -- is pure profit for the banks and bears no relation to the cost of the transaction, about 27 cents.

Ideally hotels should not surcharge more than about 50% over the cost of their power, but we'll see.

Each monthly electric bill carries a renewable-energy surcharge of about 15percentt (heavy industry is exempt).

For Nationwide that will mean a rise from a levy charge of £28m last year to a combined levy and surcharge of about £100m next year.

Last month, Group Voyagers, the parent company of Globus, Cosmos, Monograms and Avalon Waterways, added a currency surcharge of about 5percenttoto many of its European tours.

After the cool, wet summer last year, Con Ed collected a surcharge of about $60 million from its customers to make up for the unexpectedly low demand for electricity, the spokesman said.

In January, for example, Group Voyagers, the parent company of Globus, Cosmos, Monograms and Avalon Waterways, added a currency surcharge of about 5percenttoto many of its European tours.

United Parcel Service Inc. said yesterday that it was reducing its fuel surcharge by about 40percentt and would tie the charge to a diesel fuel index in response to lower energy prices.

If you are ordering a single paperback copy of a children's title like "Private and Personal: Questions and Answers for Girls Only" for $8.95 from Amazon.com, the $4.48 in shipping charges will add a surcharge of about 50percentt.