prime cost
noun[C]
ukusACCOUNTING
→direct cost
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prime cost
Direct labor and overhead are often called conversion cost, while direct material and direct labor are often referred to asprimecost.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As to the first invitation, however, none of the plans was adopted mainly due toprimecostand problem on securing safety.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Of course, we can't afford to take these structures down under a bonus of five hundred per cent. upon theprimecostof our lot and plaster.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.What is more, no so-called "primecost" should be allowed on a building.
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I have employed all my own men, and, therefore, everything is atprimecost.
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In the first place, there is no proportion between the amount of the duty and theprimecostof the article.
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In addition the drivers receive uniform, theprimecostof which amounts to over 1s. 3d. a week.
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In a service industry such as distribution theprimecostis only the article that is bought in the first place.
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Could not you manage so by your authority, that he should take them atprimecost?
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The principle articles presented to them in 1832, were 35,700 yards of different kinds of cloth, theprimecostvarying from 1s.
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