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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Example Sentences

The actual load factor to be chosen depends on the nature of the work and the kind of crane.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

Her presence was necessary, not only on account of her amiable disposition and self-sacrificing ways, but for the actual load she bore of the duties of a quiet home.

From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)