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COST

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1. What does COST mean?
pronunciation
Sense 1/5: The total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor

2. What does LOW-COST mean?
pronunciation
That you have the financial means for

3. What does COST-PLUS mean?
pronunciation
Determining payment based on the actual cost of production plus an agreed-upon fee or rate of profit

4. What does UNIT COST mean?
pronunciation
Calculated cost for a given unit of a product

5. What does FIXED COST mean?
pronunciation
It's a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.)

6. What does AT ANY COST mean?
pronunciation
Regardless of the cost involved

7. What does COST LEDGER mean?
pronunciation
Ledger showing the accumulated costs classified in various ways

8. What does AVERAGE COST mean?
pronunciation
Total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units

9. What does CAPITAL COST mean?
pronunciation
The opportunity cost of the funds employed as the result of an investment decision; the rate of return that a business could earn if it chose another investment with equivalent risk

10. What does COST CUTTING mean?
pronunciation
The act of cutting costs

11. What does COST OVERRUN mean?
pronunciation
Excess of cost over budget

12. What does CARRYING COST mean?
pronunciation
The opportunity cost of unproductive assets; the expense incurred by ownership

13. What does COST ANALYSIS mean?
pronunciation
Breaking down the costs of some operation and reporting on each factor separately

14. What does COST INCREASE mean?
pronunciation
It's an increase in cost

15. What does HANDLING COST mean?
pronunciation
The cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order)

16. What does MARGINAL COST mean?
pronunciation
The increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output

17. What does BORROWING COST mean?
pronunciation
The cost of borrowing something

18. What does COST OF LIVING mean?
pronunciation
Average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing)

19. What does COST-EFFECTIVE mean?
pronunciation
Productive relative to the cost

20. What does COST-EFFICIENT mean?
pronunciation
Productive relative to the cost

21. What does MARKETING COST mean?
pronunciation
The cost of marketing (e.g., the cost of transferring title and moving goods to the customer)

22. What does OPERATING COST mean?
pronunciation
The expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes

23. What does COST ACCOUNTANT mean?
pronunciation
It's a specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production

24. What does COST ACCOUNTING mean?
pronunciation
Keeping account of the costs of items in production

25. What does COST OF CAPITAL mean?
pronunciation
The opportunity cost of the funds employed as the result of an investment decision; the rate of return that a business could earn if it chose another investment with equivalent risk

26. What does PRODUCTION COST mean?
pronunciation
Combined costs of raw material and labor incurred in producing goods

27. What does INCREMENTAL COST mean?
pronunciation
The increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output

28. What does OPPORTUNITY COST mean?
pronunciation
Cost in terms of foregone alternatives

29. What does REPLACEMENT COST mean?
pronunciation
Current cost of replacing a fixed asset with a new one of equal effectiveness

30. What does DIFFERENTIAL COST mean?
pronunciation
The increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output

31. What does DISTRIBUTION COST mean?
pronunciation
Any cost incurred by a producer or wholesaler or retailer or distributor (as for advertising and shipping etc)

32. What does REPRODUCTION COST mean?
pronunciation
Cost of reproducing physical property minus various allowances (especially depreciation)

33. What does COST-PLUS CONTRACT mean?
pronunciation
It's a contract in which the contractor is paid his total cost plus a stated percentage of profit

34. What does COST-PULL INFLATION mean?
pronunciation
Inflation caused by an increase in the costs of production

35. What does COST-OF-LIVING INDEX mean?
pronunciation
It's an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer

36. What does COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS mean?
pronunciation
It's an analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs

37. What does COST-OF-LIVING BENEFIT mean?
pronunciation
It's a benefit that goes to anyone whose money receipts increase automatically as prices rise

38. What does COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCE mean?
pronunciation
It's an allowance for changes in the consumer price index


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