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The rent will be $200 a week, plus gas and electricity.

Question: I’m confused by the sentence, $200 includes gas and electricity or not?

Thank you!!!

200$ does not include gas and electricity. Plus is being used “as in addition to”.
as in 200 dollars a week in addition to you paying gas and electricity (as in they are not included with the 200)
Unless there was something said before that said otherwise its not included.

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As Hagowingchun says this excludes gas and electricity.

Another way of saying the above without using “plus” or “in addition to” is as follows:

The rent will be $200 a week excluding gas and electricity.

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