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cost-book

cost-book noun: a book containing the names and shares of the joint speculators in a mining enterprise.

Noun

cost-book (plural cost-books)

  1. (historical) A book containing the names and shares of the joint speculators in a mining enterprise.

Forms of cost-book

pluralcost-books

Questions about cost-book

What does cost-book mean?
Cost-book means a book containing the names and shares of the joint speculators in a mining enterprise.
What part of speech is cost-book?
Cost-book is a noun.
What is the plural of cost-book?
The plural of cost-book is cost-books.

Words near cost-book in the dictionary

  1. cost up
  2. cost, insurance and freight
  3. cost-
  4. cost-benefit analyses
  5. cost-benefit analysis
  6. cost-book
  7. cost-books
  8. cost-conscious
  9. cost-cutting
  10. cost-effective
  11. cost-effectively

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