external cost
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexternalandcost
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external
adjective
uk/ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/us/ɪkˈstɝː.nəl/
of, on, for, or coming from ...
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cost
noun
uk/kɒst/us/kɑːst/
the amount of money needed to buy, do, or ...
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(Definition ofexternalandcostfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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While impressive, these activities also exact anexternalcost.
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The fourth test was on theexternalcostcoefficients.
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Externalcostis the cost incurred by polluting activities of the sector.
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Another observation is thatexternalcostalso goes up under the import ban regime.
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In this version,externalcostaccruing from sectoral activities is minimized in addition to private cost.
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The price used for imported waste plastics should ideally reflect theexternalcostassociated with the production of that product.
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The accumulatedexternalcostwould engulf the potential revenues, making it no longer financially feasible for water use generation.
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The third simulation involved the inclusion ofexternalcostin the objective function, that is, the social cost strategy.
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The volume of this sediment yield must be determined to measure theexternalcostimposed on downstream users.
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Theexternalcostfrom more intensive timber production greatly reduces the profitability of the downstream water treatment plant.
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Theexternalcostarising from the change in the environmental input (raw water) is limited to that due to increased sedimentation only.
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A declining path which is on an increasing rate raises the cumulative sediment yield and the eventualexternalcostmaking logging options less attractive.
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Even when detailed resource use data are collected, unit cost estimates for narrowly defined resources often are not available and may requireexternalcost-estimation studies.
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Externalcostis the cost from the five external effects caused by the various pollutants emitted from the plastic life cycle.
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The last step in computingexternalcostinvolved computing the monetary cost caused by each of the pollutants towards each of the five external effects highlighted above.
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It is at times ofexternalcostrises that price protection is most needed.
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The resulting marginalexternalcostborne by society appears to be concentrated in areas where large commercial operations exist, and in socio-demographic areas characterized by high income and education.
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We now expect to be able to carry out the survey for a totalexternalcostof £350,000.
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This is certainly true if the competition is fierce, the pressure is on, there are worldwide cooperatives andexternalcostitems are considerable.
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I have therefore voted in favour of this proposal, not least because the congestion charge was included as an additionalexternalcostfor mountainous regions.
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In this way traffic would not have to pay the presentexternalcost, but one based on a new balanced charge that reflects the volume of traffic.
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The size and composition of the public sector support, the size of theexternalcostbenefits and the capital construction cost will be determined by the outcome of the competition.
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Theexternalcostof road transport, however, is not borne by carriers, which has been to their advantage, and the road network has received massive amounts of public investment.
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It is often argued that this potential shortfall in liability represents anexternalcostnot included in the cost of nuclear electricity.
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The marginal private cost is less than the marginal social or public cost by the amount of theexternalcost, i.e., the cost of air pollution and water pollution.
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