(at no cost)
111cost push — noun (economics) Inflation due to rising production costs (also cost push inflation) • • • Main Entry: ↑cost * * * cost push, Economics. an inflationary upsurge due to a sharp increase in production costs: »Price rises result from the cost push… …
112cost a fortune — cost a fortune/the earth/a bomb/informal phrase to cost a lot of money It cost a fortune to get the car fixed. Thesaurus: to cost a lot of moneysynonym Main entry …
113cost-plus — adj. determining payment based on the actual cost of production plus an agreed upon fee or rate of profit; as, a cost plus government contract. [WordNet 1.5] …
114Cost, Insurance and Freight — (CIF) is a common term in a sales contract that may be encountered in international trading when ocean transport is used. It must always indicate the port of destination, ie CIF Shanghai. When a price is quoted CIF, it means that the selling… …
115Cost Plus — may refer to: Cost Plus World Market (U.S. Corporation) Cost plus contract Cost plus pricing This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, yo …
116cost and freight — adj: including the cost of goods being shipped and the freight charges Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. cost and freight …
117cost of living adjustment — ➔ adjustment * * * cost of living adjustment UK US noun [C] (ABBREVIATION COLA) ► ECONOMICS, HR an increase in a person s wages, pension, etc. that is made once a year according to how much the prices of things such as food, transport, and… …
118cost of living allowance — ➔ allowance * * * cost of living allowance UK US noun [C] (ABBREVIATION COLA) ► ECONOMICS, HR extra money that some people receive from their employer, for example, because they work in an area that is very expensive, or because prices have… …
119cost of living index — ➔ index1 * * * cost of living index UK US noun [C, usually singular] ► ECONOMICS a list of the prices of basic goods and services, showing how they change in a particular period of time, as a way of measuring inflation: »The newspaper s own… …
120cost-benefit analysis — ➔ analysis * * * cost benefit analysis UK US noun [C or U] (ABBREVIATION CBA) ► ECONOMICS the process of comparing the costs involved in doing something to the advantage or profit that it may bring: »The cost benefit analysis found that employing …
