cost differential

collocation in English

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cost
noun
uk
/kɒst/us
/kɑːst/
the amount of money needed to buy, do, or ...
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differential
adjective
uk
/ˌdɪf.əˈren.ʃəl/us
/ˌdɪf.əˈren.ʃəl/
based on ...
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(Definition ofcostanddifferentialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is herein referred to as the opportunitycostdifferential.
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This source of potential change to the opportunitycostdifferentialwas not considered in the above static analysis, given the limited data.
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Supposing that these costs were the same for home care as in the hospital, thecostdifferentialobserved for marginal costs would tend to disappear.
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Transaction costs could also swamp anycostdifferentialthat exists.
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For these reasons, we are able to identify the opportunitycostdifferentialas 179,200, but without being able to disaggregate that into the net returns from the different production strategies.
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Thecostdifferentialat present is just too great.
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Certainly we would consider going outside only if there were a very bigcostdifferential.
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Clearly, the ability to increase the growth of the market depends on reducing thecostdifferentialwith conventional vehicles.
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The area cost adjustment overstates thecostdifferentialbetween the south-east and the rest of the country.
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That would not offset the productioncostdifferentialor the additional transportation cost, and it would be sold at a selling price of approximately £32.
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But thecostdifferentialfor 1997–98 will show a significant increase in the differential.
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There is clearly acostdifferentialbetween the under-25 and over-25 age groups.
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Thecostdifferentialis quite unacceptable if we are to try to keep the defence budget under any sort of control.
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What is thecostdifferentialbetween placements in our own homes and residential care placements in private and voluntary homes?
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Developments in technology are unlikely to provide any immediate help in offsetting thecostdifferential.
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This will reduce thecostdifferentialbetween flags with high standards, such as our own, and those flags with a less distinguished record in this field.
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But even taking this into account, fast reactor electricity would, at the present capitalcostdifferential and at present uranium prices, be significantly less economic than electricity from thermal reactors.
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This, unfortunately, had to be excluded after the most careful consideration both on the ground of a vastcostdifferentialand because of essential unsuitability for the rôle proposed.
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Thecostdifferentialis pretty small.
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Incentives to discourage disposal of organic waste should stimulate more research into reuse of materials and improve the currentcostdifferential(peat is very cheap to buy, unfortunately).
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