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cost price UK US noun [C or U] COMMERCE
► the amount of money that is spent to produce goods or services before any profit is added for the manufacturer or producer, or the price that a store, etc. pays for goods that it is going to sell: »
Some discounters are selling products at below cost price.
→ See also COST(Cf. ↑cost), BUYING PRICE(Cf. ↑buying price), SELLING PRICE(Cf. ↑selling price), COST(Cf. ↑cost)
Financial and business terms. 2012.