actual cost

American  

noun

1. the cost of a product based on incurred costs of material and labor required in its production.

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actual cost

The actual cost to take a test is £62.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

Work to replace water pipes in Osaka, a city of 2.8 million residents, has hit a snag as the actual cost exceeded the planned budget, according to local media.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

The long sought change would allow subsidies to better reflect the actual cost of running a day-care home or center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2026

It dramatically drove up the resolution cost of the S&L crisis from an estimated $25 billion had the problem been addressed in 1983 to an actual cost of $160 billion by the 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

Ordinary hand drilling was adopted, and the actual cost of driving varied from 28 pesos per lin. m. at the ends to 50 pesos in the center.

From ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. by George Robert Graham Conway

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