indirect costs
Britishplural noun
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There are also indirect costs, like a parent missing work to stay home with a sick child or the lifetime impact of growing up with a rare complication like hearing loss.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 17, 2025
By funding independent research organizations, Tech Labs sidesteps some of the thorniest debates about indirect costs and institutional overhead.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
“We have building space we don’t pay rent for. There are the refrigeration services and the ventilation services we need to do our specialized work. Our indirect costs go to support that.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025
Although councils will share £515m to offset NI rises for their employees, the CCN argued the sum would not be enough to offset indirect costs from council services delivered by private providers.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2024
The defendant in a baseless or vexatious action could not even recover his costs thus indirectly, and the indirect costs given to a plaintiff under the name of damages were often inadequate and uncertain.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
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