standard cost

noun

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

Compare actual cost.

Origin of standard cost

First recorded in 1930–35

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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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