(at no cost)
121cost leadership — cost leader UK US noun [C] ► a company that can make a product more cheaply than other companies making the same type of product: »Our cost leader strategy will gain us a competitive advantage based upon low prices. cost leadership noun [U] ►… …
122cost-free — UK US adjective, adverb ► available at no cost: »Selling investments and buying new ones is not a cost free exercise, because you have to pay dealing costs. »The software can be downloaded cost free …
123cost-effective — cost ef fective adjective giving the most profit or advantage in exchange for the amount of money that is spent: Is it more cost effective to buy or rent property? ╾ ,cost ef fectively adverb ╾ ,cost ef fectiveness noun uncount …
124cost-plus — noun count BUSINESS an amount calculated by adding the cost of producing something to a profit or charge that has been agreed ╾ cost ,plus adjective: a cost plus contract …
125cost-effective — also cost effective, 1967, from COST (Cf. cost) (n.) + EFFECTIVE (Cf. effective) …
126cost ledger control account — cost control account The control account that appears in the financial accounting ledger in an accounting system in which separate books are maintained for the financial and costing records. The balance on the cost ledger control account agrees… …
127cost — [n1] expense; price paid amount, arm and a leg*, bad news*, bite*, bottom dollar*, bottom line*, charge, damage*, disbursement, dues, expenditure, figure, line, nick*, nut*, outlay, payment, price, price tag, rate, score*, setback*, squeeze*, tab …
128cost method of accounting — Cost method. The practice of recording the value of assets in terms of their cost. See also cost (cost accounting). See also accounting …
