overall cost

collocation in English

meaningsofoverallandcost

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withcost.
overall
adverb[before noun]
adjective
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈrɔːl/
us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɑːl/
in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group ...
See more atoverall
cost
noun
uk
/kɒst/
us
/kɑːst/
the amount of money needed to buy, do, or ...
See more atcost

(Definition ofoverallandcostfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoverall cost

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Priority queues can be used to reduce theoverallcost.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There was a similar meanoverallcostfor both groups.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This increase in efficacy is achieved at a similar or loweroverallcostfor each disorder.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theoverallcostof achieving a given increase in forest area protected consists of two components.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Furthermore, a single dose may be equally effective and decrease both hospital stay andoverallcost.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In some cases, a new price structure was introduced and theoverallcostreduced.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Accordingly, theoverallcostof reducing emissions from buses and trucks is approaching $7,000,000.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theoverallcostof borrowing and theoverallcostof the investment will then be lower.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Allowing the walls to be rebuilt every 30 years will increase theoverallcostby 367 per cent.
From theCambridge English Corpus
For example, machine vision, despite in some cases costly components, properly applied can reduce theoverallcost.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Using slightly modified, readily available parts has drastically cut down theoverallcost, compared to custom fabrication.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theoverallcostof health insurance will rise, mainly to meet the costs of more effective healthcare.
From theCambridge English Corpus
At the same time, the total number of samples is limited, thence controlling theoverallcostof testing.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the larger picture, all of these costs are evaluated to determine anoverallcostfor an action.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, container properties greatly affect seed interactions with the environment and theoverallcostand success of seed banking operations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the short run theoverallcostlevel will also rise because of the industry's over-capacity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In particular, labour costs formed a very small percentage of theoverallcoststructure for large firms.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Of course, the greater the level of achievement sought the greater theoverallcostis likely to be.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This gave anoverallcostof £71 003 with 5457 responses and a cost per sample of £13.01.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The estimatedoverallcostwas £603,000.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Theoverallcostis about £750,000.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
What will be the increasedoverallcost?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is also theoverallcostpenalty.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Using the connection between language and reasoning to improve concept generation may assist in reducing theoverallcostin the product realization cycle.
From theCambridge English Corpus
With each application of a shape grammar rule, an understanding of theoverallcostof manufacturing the product is incrementally improved.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofoverall
Go to the definition ofcost
See other collocations withcost