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

“Similar to other major carriers, when costs remain elevated, we implement temporary surcharges on our fulfillment fees to recover a portion of the actual cost increases we are experiencing,” Amazon said in the announcement Thursday.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 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

As the donations are coming from a combination of well-heeled individuals and well-heeled companies, the actual cost is going to be somewhere in between.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 25, 2025

To the actual cost was habitually added a further sum, which, under the name of percentages, went into the pockets of those by whom the order had been given.

From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert