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cost marks

cost marks is the plural of cost mark.

Meaning of cost mark

Noun

cost mark (plural cost marks)

  1. Any of a series of usually arbitrary codes used by jewelers to communicate prices secretly.
    • The first was found to contain $10,000 of diamond mounted goods, each piece still being tagged with Shoop's private cost marks. The second package contained nine papers of loose diamonds, valued at $6,000, […]1913, Credit & Financial Management, volume 13, page 789

Questions about cost marks

What is cost marks the plural of?
Cost marks is the plural of cost mark.

Words near cost marks in the dictionary

  1. cost estimate
  2. cost estimates
  3. cost function
  4. cost functions
  5. cost mark
  6. cost marks
  7. cost object
  8. cost objective
  9. cost objectives
  10. cost of doing business
  11. cost of goods sold

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