| cost | average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing) |
|---|---|
| cost | excess of cost over budget |
| cost | an analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs |
| cost | productive relative to the cost |
| cost | productive relative to the cost |
| cost | an allowance for changes in the consumer price index |
| cost | a benefit that goes to anyone whose money receipts increase automatically as prices rise |
| cost | an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer |
| cost | determining payment based on the actual cost of production plus an agreed-upon fee or rate of profit |
| cost | a contract in which the contractor is paid his total cost plus a stated percentage of profit |
| cost | inflation caused by an increase in the costs of production |
| cost | any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) |