indirect costs
Britishplural noun
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There are also indirect costs, like a parent missing work to stay home with a sick child or the lifetime impact of growing up with a rare complication like hearing loss.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 17, 2025
Patients also used the treatment more consistently and had fewer indirect costs such as travel and time off from work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025
“We have building space we don’t pay rent for. There are the refrigeration services and the ventilation services we need to do our specialized work. Our indirect costs go to support that.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025
Although councils will share £515m to offset NI rises for their employees, the CCN argued the sum would not be enough to offset indirect costs from council services delivered by private providers.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2024
When the indirect costs are also considered, the balance of loss becomes incalculably greater.
From The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Angell, Norman
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