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should-cost

should-cost noun: the detailed analysis of a contractor's facilities by the potential purchaser, in order to determine an acceptable price that the purchaser will pay the contractor for goods or services.

Noun

should-cost (countable and uncountable, plural should-costs)

  1. (uncountable) The detailed analysis of a contractor's facilities by the potential purchaser, in order to determine an acceptable price that the purchaser will pay the contractor for goods or services.
  2. (countable) A price determined by this means.

Verb

should-cost (third-person singular simple present should-costs, present participle should-costing, simple past and past participle should-costed)

  1. To determine a cost in this manner.

Forms of should-cost

Noun
pluralshould-costs
Verb
third-person singular presentshould-costs
present participleshould-costing
past participleshould-costed
pastshould-costed

Questions about should-cost

What does should-cost mean?
Should-cost means the detailed analysis of a contractor's facilities by the potential purchaser, in order to determine an acceptable price that the purchaser will pay the contractor for goods or services.
What part of speech is should-cost?
Should-cost can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of should-cost?
The plural of should-cost is should-costs.

Words near should-cost in the dictionary

  1. should on
  2. should see the other guy
  3. should'st
  4. should've
  5. should've would've could've
  6. should-cost
  7. should-costed
  8. should-costing
  9. should-costs
  10. shoulda
  11. shoulda, coulda, woulda

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