cost of ownership

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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ownership
noun[U]
uk
/ˈəʊ.nə.ʃɪp/us
/ˈoʊ.nɚ.ʃɪp/
the fact that you ...
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(Definition ofcostandownershipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Despite expensive components, the life cycle of automation systems regarding design, production, operating, maintenance, reconfiguration and recycling was cost effective (costofownership).
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The totalcostofownership(buying, running, maintaining and repairing of the product) is a concept which is still not widely used in buying decisions.
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There would be no change in behaviour because the duty is a fixed cost—it is acostofownership.
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In addition, a comprehensive range of tax incentives are in place, aimed at reducing thecostofownershiptransfer.
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Costofownershipis a factor.
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It offers accuracy without any hardware requirements and a relatively low totalcostofownership.
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Reliability, as well as initial cost and efficiency, affects totalcostofownership.
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Standardization is beneficial in achieving interoperability, ensuring products meet certain requirements, commonality, reliability, totalcostofownership, compatibility with logistics systems, and similar defense-related objectives.
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On the other hand, many things affect the totalcostofownershipof software products besides price.
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Having a rigid one-design specification keeps design experimentation to a minimum and reducescostofownership.
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The advantages of this system include significantly lowercostofownershipand fewer network and client-side maintenance expenses.
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There might be a maximum ratio between availability andcostofownership.
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This low power consumption decreases the totalcostofownership.
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Others may be less expensive to implement and have a lowercostofownership, but may not support authentication, authorization, data integrity and non-repudiation.
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Often printers with soft plastic drums can have a very highcostofownershipthat does not become apparent until the drum requires replacement.
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During the 1990s, thecostofownershipand maintenance increased by 30% over the 1980s.
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Common metrics include availability, reliability, maintainability, supportability and totalcostofownership.
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High-quality software is faster and cheaper to build and maintain than low-quality software, from initial development all the way through totalcostofownership.
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In this analysis it compared hybrid's 5 yearcostofownershipto their all-gas counterparts.
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Thin-client computing is also a way of easily maintaining computational services at a reduced totalcostofownership.
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