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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun British cost accounting.
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- verb Present participle of
cost . - noun The
estimation of thecost of a process or product.
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- noun cost accounting
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Examples
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There is a bewildering array of light fittings costing from a few pounds each to a few hundred pounds.
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Infinite period costing is not required because everything has a designed life, after which it will need to be replaced.
Waldo Jaquith - The cost of infrastructure is infinite. 2008
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For a small client the costing is of a big importance and are often harder to persuade, they focus less on ethics and more so on cost efficiency.
Search Firms Scramble to Hire From Advertising, Marketing Agencies 2007
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Do those who manned the barricades to protest the war realize the part they played in costing some of those lost lives?
Galanti, Paul E. 1977
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With a new title costing $10 compared to $25-$28 in hardcover, I find buying a book on the Kindle to be very satisfying — it scratches my itch and leaves me with a feeling of “I saved money” (even though I’m spending money on a book I might not have purchased otherwise) * reading other material on the Kindle screen makes me more contented than having to read it on a computer screen
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To learn about Xenu and OTIII Operating Thetan level III you must first take dozens and dozens of courses typicall costing around 100,000 dollars AT LEAST.
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Impose a tax on health insurance companies that offer expensive plans (defined as costing more than $8,000 for an individual and $21,000 for families).
Jill Schlesinger: Health Care: Complicated Concepts and Fuzzy Math 2009
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To learn about Xenu and OTIII Operating Thetan level III you must first take dozens and dozens of courses typicall costing around 100,000 dollars AT LEAST.
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Our context is challenging: we've had strong demand growth in Québec over the last five years, new supplies at market prices but electricity rates which reflect average costing, which is standard practice but obviously not a great enticement to save power.
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DS games cost $20 to $40, on average, with PSP titles costing up to $50.
Shopping for a portable game machine? Check out the iPod Touch first | Sync Blog 2008
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