minimum charge
Lowest possible price
A minimum charge is the smallest amount a business will accept for a transaction, regardless of actual usage or consumption.
Credit cards often have minimum charges at small retailers: There's a ten-dollar minimum charge for card purchases.
Utilities may bill a minimum charge even when usage falls below a threshold.
The term also applies to cover charges, delivery fees, and professional services.
- base rateStandard reference percentage
- feePayment for service
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- price floorLowest permitted cost
- surchargeExtra fee added
flat fee · baseline · floor · invoice · final bill · billing · transaction · delivery fee · penalty · no refund · convenience fee · balance due · account · meter · fare · toll · processing fee · handling
- restaurant feestip, gratuity, corkage fee, corkage, auto-gratuity
- service chargesservice fee, inspection fee, labor costs, overtime, flat rate
- minimumsfloor, baseline, threshold, lower limit, lower bound
- karaokekaraoke, karaoke bar, karaoke box, karaoke machine, karaoke machines
- shipping feesshipping fee, delivery fee, handling fee, postage, fuel surcharge
minimum chargeupper limit
Maximum permitted value
price cap · cap · top rate · ceiling · ceiling price
minimum chargeno charge
Without payment required
free · complimentary · waived fee · gratis · zero cost
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