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cost plus

cost plus noun: a form of contract whereby the contractor is paid for all permitted expenses, plus an additional payment.

Noun

cost plus (uncountable)

  1. (attributive, often) A form of contract whereby the contractor is paid for all permitted expenses, plus an additional payment.
    • The nature of the contracts, which were cost-plus, (in other words, a licence to print money), was probably the most expensive mistake, but the lack of proper project management comes a close second.2025 July 9, Christian Wolmar, “Grin and bear it: any trains are better than an HS2 graveyard”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 46
  2. (attributive, often) A pricing strategy in which the selling price of a product is determined by adding a fixed percentage markup to its unit cost.

Questions about cost plus

What does cost plus mean?
Cost plus means a form of contract whereby the contractor is paid for all permitted expenses, plus an additional payment.
What part of speech is cost plus?
Cost plus is a noun.

Words near cost plus in the dictionary

  1. cost of money
  2. cost oil
  3. cost out
  4. cost overrun
  5. cost overruns
  6. cost plus
  7. cost price
  8. cost prices
  9. cost saving
  10. cost savings
  11. cost the earth

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