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direct costs

direct costs is the plural of direct cost.

Meaning of direct cost

Noun

direct cost (plural direct costs)

  1. A cost that can be directly attributed to a cost object (such as a particular project, facility, function, service, or product).
    • When you deduct the direct and indirect costs, the picture looks a little different. Only mail and coal traffic generated a net revenue when accounting for all costs, not just direct operating costs.2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 46

Questions about direct costs

What is direct costs the plural of?
Direct costs is the plural of direct cost.

Words near direct costs in the dictionary

  1. direct cases
  2. direct cinema
  3. direct client contact
  4. direct client contacts
  5. direct cost
  6. direct costs
  7. direct coupling
  8. direct couplings
  9. direct cremation
  10. direct cremations
  11. direct current

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