🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Aufpreis

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈaʊ̯fˌpʁaɪ̯s

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Extra-charge/ˈɛk.strəˌtʃɑːrdʒ/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Für die Lieferung wird ein Aufpreis erhoben."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An additional fee or payment required for a service, product, or facility beyond the basic or standard cost.

    "There is an extra-charge for baggage weighing more than twenty kilograms."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Designating a good or service that requires an additional payment separate from the primary fee.

    "Wi-Fi access is an extra-charge amenity available in all guest rooms."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the prefix 'extra-' (from Latin 'extra', meaning outside of or beyond) and 'charge' (derived from Late Latin 'carricare', meaning to load a wagon or burden, via Old French). The compound emerged in the late 19th century in commercial and service-oriented contexts to denote a fee added to a standard price.

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