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standard cost

noun

a predetermined cost of material, labor, etc., based on specifications prepared from time-and-motion studies, accounting records, and the like.

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Origin of standard cost

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby standard cost

Standard Book Number, standard-bred, standard candle, standard cell, standard coin, standard cost, standard deviation, standard dollar, Standard English, standard error, standard error of difference
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British Dictionary definitions for standard cost

standard cost

noun

accounting the predetermined budgeted cost of a regular manufacturing process against which actual costs are compared
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