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121cost the earth — (informal) To be very expensive • • • Main Entry: ↑earth * * * cost a fortune/the earth/a bomb/informal phrase to cost a lot of money It cost a fortune to get the car fixed …
122cost-cutting — UK US noun [uncountable] actions taken to reduce the costs of a business, government, or other organization The family of the victim blame a hospital system more concerned with cost cutting than with care. a cost cutting exercise Thesaurus:… …
123Cost efficiency — (or cost optimality), in the context of parallel computer algorithms, refers to a measure of how effectively parallel computing can be used to solve a particular problem. A parallel algorithm is considered cost efficient if its asymptotic running …
124Cost Equalisation — is the idea that the cost of goods and services will over time equal out and cost equalisation will be achieved.It is typical that when a product is introduced into the market place that the price will be effected by both the quantity produced… …
125Cost pool — Cost pools is an accounting term that refers to groups of accounts serving to express the cost of goods and service allocatable within a business or manufacturing organization. The principle behind the pool is to correlate direct and indirect… …
126cost allocation — ➔ allocation * * * cost allocation UK US noun [U] (also cost apportionment) ► ACCOUNTING the process of calculating the various costs of making a product, providing a service, etc. and which department within a company or organization should pay… …
127cost apportionment — ˌcost apˈportionment noun [uncountable] ACCOUNTING FINANCE another name for cost allocation * * * cost apportionment UK US noun [U] ACCOUNTING ► COST ALLOCATION( …
128cost centre — ➔ centre * * * cost centre UK US noun [C] UK (US cost center) ► ACCOUNTING a part of a company or organization considered as unit so that the costs relating to it can be calculated for the company s accounts: allocate/charge sth to a cost centre… …
