actual cost

collocation in English

meaningsofactualandcost

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actual
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/
existing ...
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cost
noun
uk
/kɒst/us
/kɑːst/
the amount of money needed to buy, do, or ...
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(Definition ofactualandcostfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofactual cost

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The fourth most named barrier was to do with theactualcostof genetic engineering research.
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The payment systems are inefficient because they are not related toactualcostperformance or productivity.
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For other medications, we calculated theactualcostof the drugs issued.
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This approach would give an estimate of theactualcostof new technologies approved since 2000.
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If it is based onactualcost, how is theactualcostfor direct labour calculated?
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Salaries and stipends must be pegged to theactualcostof living with automatic raises to compensate for inflation.
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Furthermore, theactualcostof performing substitutions should be considered when reasoning about the complexity of implementations.
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That was theactualcost.
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This is theactualcostwe pay.
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Theactualcostwill be monitored.
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Did that answer give theactualcost?
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Theactualcostof provision varies greatly.
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Theactualcostis not available.
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There was noactualcostcorrelation.
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Theactualcostwas £143 million.
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Theactualcostwas about £1.5 million.
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That figure is theactualcost.
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Theactualcostwas £461 million.
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Only experience can determine theactualcost.
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Users always pay a fee, which is a fraction of theactualcost(eight per cent, on average), but a rising one.
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The seller or the producer might be able to itemize expenses incurred, but the relation of those expenses toactualcostremained a mystery.
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This description is rather basic as it says nothing about theactualcostof the substitution, which is quite high at run time.
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Certainly, the subsidies paid to farmers in wealthy countries allow products to be sold on the world market below theactualcostof production.
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Theactualcostof delivering care will depend on the level to which blood pressure must be lowered to obtain the maximum benefit.
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Since very few plans have 100 % of assets invested in employer stock, theactualcostof holding employer stock will be lower than these estimates.
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