cost-share
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of cost-share
First recorded in 1975–80
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Following the crash, tighter regulations were introduced in October 2025 for private pilots carrying passengers under a "cost-share" arrangement - where pilot and passengers must share all costs of the flight equally.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
“Today’s extension of the 100% cost-share through July 1, 2022, builds on our efforts to assist impacted communities across state and federal levels.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
“The cost-share waivers were just one piece of our overall response to the covid-19 pandemic,” Lempner said.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2021
In June, TerraPower announced that it would build the first Natrium reactor in Wyoming as part of a 50-50 cost-share program with the Department of Energy.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 23, 2021
The program will provide about $960,000 in cost-share funding to eligible landowners in 43 southern counties to plant new forests.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 5, 2017
The Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grants for EVs program will provide cost-shared grants for making efficient hybrid, plug-in electric hybrid, fully electric, and fuel cell vehicles.
From Reuters ● Jun. 28, 2023
In a presentation last September, John Cavolowsky, director of Nasa’s Airspace Operations and Safety program, wrote: “All demonstrations are to be planned with strong, cost-shared partner involvement.”
From The Guardian ● Jun. 3, 2015
There would be no deductibles, co-pays or other forms of cost-sharing, except for some brand-name prescription drugs if generics are available.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
That status “justifies range instrumentation, tracking and communications, road and utility work” and cost-sharing partnerships like those the FAA is looking into, Burke wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
"The growth we have observed over recent months demonstrates that drivers find the cost-sharing model more relevant than ever," chief executive Nicolas Brusson said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
King, a former pastor, did not have standard health insurance from his employer, only a cost-sharing alternative plan that said it would not cover the procedure.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
To them, sediment control and respect for the way watersheds work, even with cost-sharing, is likely to loom as simply an extra expense.
From The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior by United States. Dept. of the Interior.
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