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81High performance vehicle — Typically describes a vehicle (generally a car) that has been designed with specific performance capabilities, above and beyond those of normal vehicles. Enhancements such as higher engine output (power), enhanced braking and suspension systems,… …
82Cost overrun — A cost overrun, also known as a cost increase or budget overrun, is an unexpected cost incurred in excess of a budgeted amount due to an under estimation of the actual cost during budgeting. Cost overrun should be distinguished from cost… …
83cost–benefit analysis — ▪ economics in governmental planning and budgeting, the attempt to measure the social benefits of a proposed project in monetary terms and compare them with its costs. The procedure, which is equivalent to the business practice of cost… …
84cost */*/*/ — I UK [kɒst] / US [kɔst] noun Word forms cost : singular cost plural costs 1) [countable/uncountable] the amount of money that is needed in order to buy, pay for, or do something cost of: A rise in interest rates will increase the cost of… …
85High school graduation examination in the United States — According to a 2006 study by the Center on Education Policy, two thirds of the 15 million public high school students in the United States of America were required to pass a high school graduation examination to get a diploma of completion of… …
86Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Registry — The Cost Effectiveness Analysis Registry was developed by the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA. The Registry contains detailed …
87cost — 01. It only [costs] $2 to rent a video on Wednesday nights. 02. Don t lose your student I.D. card or it will [cost] you $10 to replace it. 03. Her apartment only [costs] $500 a month, everything included. 04. It is [costing] them thousands of… …
88cost — [[t]kɒ̱st, AM kɔ͟ːst[/t]] ♦ costs, costing (The form cost is used in the present tense, and is also the past tense and participle, except for meaning 4, where the form costed is used.) 1) N COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n The cost of something is the …
89High-definition pre-recorded media and compression — The first attempt at producing pre recorded HDTV media was a scarce Japanese analog MUSE encoded laser disc which is no longer produced. See MUSE LD.In the U.S. market, the first currently available prerecorded HD media was D Theater. Comprising… …
90Cost-plus-incentive fee — A CPIF Cost Plus Incentive Fee contract is a cost reimbursement contract that provides for an initially negotiated fee to be adjusted later by a formula based on the relationship of total allowable costs to total target costs.[1] Like a cost plus …
