living thing animate thing | a living (or once living) entity |
cost cutting | the act of cutting costs |
cost accounting | keeping account of the costs of items in production |
cost analysis | breaking down the costs of some operation and reporting on each factor separately |
housing lodging living accommodations | structures collectively in which people are housed |
living quarters quarters | housing available for people to live in, he found quarters for his family, I visited his bachelor quarters |
living room livingoom sitting room front room parlor parlour | a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax |
free living | a lifestyle given to easy indulgence of the appetites |
rise boost hike cost increase | an increase in cost, they asked for a % rise in rates |
monetary value price cost | the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold), the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver, he puts a high price on his services, he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection |
average cost | total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units |
marginal cost incremental cost differential cost | the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output |
price cost toll | value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something, the cost in human life was enormous, the price of success is hard work, what price glory? |
protoplasm living substance | the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) |
living arrangement | an arrangement to allow people (or ideas) to coexist |
cost-benefit analysis | an analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs |
life living | the experience of being alive, the course of human events and activities, he could no longer cope with the complexities of life |
bonus fillip | anything that tends to arouse, his approval was an added fillip |
cost-plus contract | a contract in which the contractor is paid his total cost plus a stated percentage of profit |
living will | a document written by someone still legally capable requesting that he should be allowed to die if subsequently severely disabled or suffering terminal illness, after he discovered he had AIDS he drew up a living will |
consumer price index CPI cost-of-living index | an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer |
living | people who are still living, save your pity for the living |
cost accountant | a specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production |
zombi zombie living dead | a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force |
lithops living stone stoneface stone-face stone plant stone life face flowering stone | any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones |
living granite living rock stone mimicry plant | highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite, South Africa |
good-king-henry allgood fat hen wild spinach Chenopodium bonus-henricus | European plant naturalized in North America, often collected from the wild as a potherb |
living rock Ariocarpus fissuratus | usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit, resembles the related mescal, northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States |
bonus incentive | an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output |
cost-of-living allowance | an allowance for changes in the consumer price index |
cost | the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor |
operating expense operating cost overhead budget items | the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance), it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes |
living wage | a wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably |
cost-of-living benefit | a benefit that goes to anyone whose money receipts increase automatically as prices rise |
cost overrun | excess of cost over budget, the cost overrun necessitated an additional allocation of funds in the budget |
cost of living | average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing), a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation |
borrowing cost | the cost of borrowing something |
distribution cost | any cost incurred by a producer or wholesaler or retailer or distributor (as for advertising and shipping etc) |
handling cost handling charge | the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order) |
marketing cost | the cost of marketing (e.g., the cost of transferring title and moving goods to the customer) |
production cost | combined costs of raw material and labor incurred in producing goods |
replacement cost | current cost of replacing a fixed asset with a new one of equal effectiveness |
reproduction cost physical value | cost of reproducing physical property minus various allowances (especially depreciation) |
unit cost | calculated cost for a given unit of a product |
opportunity cost | cost in terms of foregoing alternatives |
cost of capital capital cost | the opportunity cost of the funds employed as the result of an investment decision, the rate of return that a business could earn if it chose another investment with equivalent risk |
carrying cost carrying charge | the opportunity cost of unproductive assets, the expense incurred by ownership |
fixed charge fixed cost fixed costs | a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.) |
living trust inter vivos trust | a trust created and operating during the grantor's lifetime |
support keep livelihood living bread and butter sustenance | the financial means whereby one lives, each child was expected to pay for their keep, he applied to the state for support, he could no longer earn his own livelihood |