The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PREMIUM
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result PREMIUM
- Payment for insurance before parent’s going around India
- Modern pubs I’m running as investments
- Top-quality type of UK bond of no interest?
- Rum MEP worried about one insurance payment
- Quietly curious about record company’s charge
- 6 saver gets, as yet childless woman tours Italy?
- Rep confused old lady, pocketing first insurance payment
- Excellent injecting iodine in the months of pregnancy?
- Superior music company cuts drink under pressure
- Bonus — rep’s sick mum receives one
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The straight part
We know that "charge" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case charge = premium.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PREMIUM mean?
PREMIUM noun- A prize or award.
- Something offered at a reduced price as an inducement to buy something else.
- A bonus paid in addition to normal payments.
- The amount to be paid for an insurance policy.
- An unusually high value.
- The amount by which a security's value exceeds its face value.
- Superior in quality; higher in price or value.
- High-end; belonging to the market segment between mid-market and luxury.