indirect cost
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of indirect cost
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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“The cost of providing that same level of education to the remaining students in public school is this second indirect cost of vouchers.”
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2025
“No such power was conveyed by Congress here. Indeed, Congress has explicitly limited the NIH’s authority to modify indirect cost rates retroactively.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025
Bon said there would be indirect cost savings with a regional approach but doesn’t yet have an estimate.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2023
In addition to the direct cost of preparedness, immunisation and emergency response, there’s the indirect cost of disruption in travel, transport of goods, tourism, financial markets and other areas of economic activity.
From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2018
It is eating up citizens the State has had the expense of educating, and very often the indirect cost of rearing.
From Mankind in the Making by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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