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negative cost

negative cost noun: the net expense to produce and shoot a film, excluding such expenditures as distribution and promotion.

Noun

negative cost (countable and uncountable, plural negative costs)

  1. The net expense to produce and shoot a film, excluding such expenditures as distribution and promotion.

Forms of negative cost

pluralnegative costs

Origin of negative cost

In reference to a film negative.

Questions about negative cost

What does negative cost mean?
Negative cost means the net expense to produce and shoot a film, excluding such expenditures as distribution and promotion.
What part of speech is negative cost?
Negative cost is a noun.
What is the plural of negative cost?
The plural of negative cost is negative costs.

Words near negative cost in the dictionary

  1. negative capabilities
  2. negative capability
  3. negative clause
  4. negative clauses
  5. Negative Commerce Clause
  6. negative cost
  7. negative costs
  8. negative crystal
  9. negative crystals
  10. negative cutter
  11. negative cutters

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