Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
handling charge
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The handling charge for phone or mail orders is $2.50.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In the last decade, the handling charge has been raised slightly.
▪ Monthly contributions include a handling charge of 30p per month.
WordNet
handling charge
n. the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order) [syn: handling cost]
Usage examples of "handling charge".
The closing paragraphs provided for a full refund of the purchase price less the handling charge if within ten days of arrival in Landover the purchaser chose to return the specialty item and withdraw from the Kingdom.
Varmous refused to surrender his victuals until Captain Wiskich paid him two hundred terces plus a handling charge of fifty terces.
Wiskich paid him two hundred terces plus a handling charge of fifty terces.
As I took her hand, I remembered I had got Vi off on a handling charge after the Croydon bank raid.