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• ex-works
  ex-works

  adjective

  direct from the factory, excluding delivery costs, distribution costs, retail commission, etc..
• ex works
  ex works

  adverb

  (ex-works when prenominal) (of a price, value, etc) excluding the cost of delivery from the factory and sometimes excluding the commission or profit of the distributor or retailer

ex-works

American  

[eks-wurks] / ˈɛksˌwɜrks /

adjective

British.

1. direct from the factory, excluding delivery costs, distribution costs, retail commission, etc..

   the ex-works price.

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ex works British  

adverb

1. (ex-works when prenominal) (of a price, value, etc) excluding the cost of delivery from the factory and sometimes excluding the commission or profit of the distributor or retailer

   the price is £500 ex works

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Etymology

Origin of ex-works

First recorded in 1965–70

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Most companies have tended to make their sourcing decisions based on the wage rate or the ex-works price or the landed cost, and leave out another twenty cost categories.

From Forbes ● Jan. 17, 2013

For one, we don’t have money to buy anything, and two, Lee Lee’s ex works at Target and she doesn’t want to run into him.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson