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costs

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costs [plural] (also legal costs)

► LAW the money that helps pay for the lawyers and the court in a legal case, usually paid by the person or organization that has lost the case: »They were fined $50,000 and ordered to pay $10,000 in costs.

→ See also ACCRUED COST(Cf. ↑accrued cost), ACQUISITION COST(Cf. ↑acquisition cost), BID COSTS(Cf. ↑bid costs), CARRYING COST(Cf. ↑carrying cost), CONVERSION COST(Cf. ↑conversion cost), CURRENT COST(Cf. ↑current cost), CUSTOMER ACQUISITION COST(Cf. ↑customer acquisition cost), DEPRECIATED COST(Cf. ↑depreciated cost), DIRECT COST(Cf. ↑direct cost), DISCRETIONARY COSTS(Cf. ↑discretionary costs), ECONOMIC COST(Cf. ↑economic cost), EMPLOYMENT COSTS(Cf. ↑employment costs), FACTOR COST(Cf. ↑factor cost), FACTORY COST(Cf. ↑factory cost), FIRST COST(Cf. ↑first cost), FIXED COST(Cf. ↑fixed cost), HARD COST(Cf. ↑hard cost), HIGH-COST(Cf. ↑high-cost), HISTORIC COST(Cf. ↑historic cost), HOLDING COST(Cf. ↑holding cost), INCREMENTAL COST(Cf. ↑incremental cost), INDIRECT COST(Cf. ↑indirect cost), COST PRICE(Cf. ↑cost price), LIFE CYCLE COST(Cf. ↑life cycle cost), LOW-COST(Cf. ↑low-cost), MARGINAL COST(Cf. ↑marginal cost), COST PRICE(Cf. ↑cost price), OPERATING COST(Cf. ↑operating cost), OPPORTUNITY COST(Cf. ↑opportunity cost), OVERHEAD COST(Cf. ↑overhead cost), PRIME COST(Cf. ↑prime cost), REAL COST(Cf. ↑real cost), REPLACEMENT COST(Cf. ↑replacement cost), RESTRUCTURING COST(Cf. ↑restructuring cost), RUNNING COST(Cf. ↑running cost), SELLING COST(Cf. ↑selling cost), SET-UP COST(Cf. ↑set-up cost), SOCIAL COST(Cf. ↑social cost), SOFT COST(Cf. ↑soft cost), STANDARD COST(Cf. ↑standard cost), STANDBY COST(Cf. ↑standby cost), START-UP COST(Cf. ↑start-up cost), SUNK COST(Cf. ↑sunk cost), SWITCHING COST(Cf. ↑switching cost), TRANSACTION COST(Cf. ↑transaction cost), UNIT COST(Cf. ↑unit cost), VARIABLE COST(Cf. ↑variable cost)

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costs [plural]

► money that a company or organization has to spend regularly: »Company legislation deals with key issues such as costs, advertising, and promotional spend.
the costs of (doing) sth »Small companies find it hard to bear the costs of promotion and distribution.
cut/reduce/rein in costs »There was a drive to cut costs by using fewer suppliers.
high/rising/escalating costs »Escalating costs have adversely affected profits.
increase/rise in costs »Technological advances have sparked most of the rise in costs, industry analysts claimed.
reduction in costs »A reduction in costs should help boost end-of-year figures.
»administrative/labour/production costs
»energy/fuel costs
additional/actual/extra costs »The OFT said yesterday that credit card providers could only charge for the actual costs of processing late payments.
incur costs »Adequate compensation should be provided for any costs incurred.
cover/recover/recoup costs »Because private farmers can't recoup their costs, they are cutting production.
costs rise/go up/increase »Staff costs have risen by 20% in the past two years.
costs come/go down »Alternative energy sources will become more widely used as costs come down.

Main Entry: ↑cost

Financial and business terms. 2012.