Upcharge is used as the billing counterpart to marketing's upsell.[1][2] In one context,[2] it means paying a smaller increment in price for a larger increase in what is received; in another it means paying an increase for a non-standard arrangement, what one writer called "upcharge money."[3]

It also may refer to a convenience fee:[4] a pharmacy that carries basic grocery items and charges higher prices for the non-pharmaceutical one-stop-shopping items.[5] While a surcharge is part of what must be paid, an upcharge is not always unexpected,[6] and usually can be declined by rejecting the additional service or the suggested upgrade,[7][8] albeit receiving less.[1]

The term upcharge is sometimes used when charge (or possibly surcharge) would suffice, similar to the matter of upsurge compared to the simpler words surge and increase.[9][10] "Upcharge attraction" is one description of how amusement parks charge both for admission and then for individual rides.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 Garth Johnston (February 8, 2013). "Neat Upsell: Restaurant Caught Charging More For Bourbon Without Rocks". The Gothamist. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  2. 1 2 John Del Signore (July 28, 2011). "Le Poisson Rouge Charges $3 Extra For Glenlivet With Ice, $3 Extra Without". The Gothamist. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  3. ↑ Concepción de León (March 25, 2019). Kristian Thacker (ed.). "Damon Young on the 'Absurdity' of Being Black". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Family Vacation: What Price, Convenience?". The Wall Street Journal. March 4, 2007.
  5. ↑ "What Will the Economy's New 'Normal' Look Like in 2013?". The New York Times. January 2, 2013. a drugstore that also carries basic grocery items at an upcharge.
  6. ↑ Nick Guy (November 11, 2021). "The Best Cheap iPad Cases". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2022. for about the price of a burrito and chips (including the upcharge for guac)
  7. ↑ What is the difference between surcharge and upcharge?, retrieved October 2, 2022
  8. ↑ "Upcharge definition", Law Insider, retrieved October 2, 2022
  9. ↑ wherein, having referred to surcharge and "10 percent", "10%" and "upcharge" are said.Joel E. Abramson (October 27, 2015). "Answers About Rent Stabilization, Part 2". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  10. ↑ Melanie Gouby. "Eastern Congo city suffers upsurge in violence". The New York Daily News. "It is only an upsurge in ordinary crime," he asserted.
  11. ↑ Adams, Judith A. (1991). The American Amusement Park Industry: A History of Technology and Thrills. Boston: Twayne Publishers. ISBN 0-8057-9821-8.
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