| 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 |
bullpen
detention cell
detention centre | a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily |
call center
call centre | a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers) |
center
centre | a building dedicated to a particular activity, they were raising money to build a new center for research |
center bit
centre bit | a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters |
plaza mall center shopping mall
shopping center
shopping centre | mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers, usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area, a modern version of the traditional marketplace, a good plaza should have a movie house, they spent their weekends at the local malls |
dead center
dead centre | the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque |
center of curvature
centre of curvature | the center of the circle of curvature |
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? |
center
centre
nerve center
nerve centre | a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process, in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere |
| cost-benefit analysis | an analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs |
center centre center of attention
centre of attention | the object upon which interest and attention focuses, his stories made him the center of the party |
kernel
substance core
center
centre
essence
gist
heart heart and soul
inwardness marrow
meat
nub
pith
sum
nitty-gritty f a e a c | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, the gist of the prosecutor's argument, the heart and soul of the Republican Party, the nub of the story |
center spread
centre spread | the spread at the center of a magazine |
| cost-plus contract | a contract in which the contractor is paid his total cost plus a stated percentage of profit |
consumer price index
CPI
cost-of-living index | an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer |
center
centre | the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering |
United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Centre for International Crime Prevention | the United Nations office responsible for crime prevention and criminal justice and law reform |
| center centre | a place where some particular activity is concentrated, they received messages from several centers |
nerve center
nerve centre | a center that provides information and control, the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam |
center
centre
midpoint | a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure |
center of buoyancy
centre of buoyancy
center of immersion
centre of immersion | (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object |
center of gravity
centre of gravity | the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act, in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass |
center of flotation
centre of flotation | the center of gravity of a floating object |
center of mass
centre of mass | point representing the mean position of the matter in a body |
center centre middle
heart
eye | an area that is approximately central within some larger region, it is in the center of town, they ran forward into the heart of the struggle, they were in the eye of the storm |
center stage
centre stage | the central area on a theater stage |
city center
city centre
central city | the central part of a city |
storm center
storm centre | the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm |
| Centre | a low-lying region in central France |
| cost accountant | a specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production |
| 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 |
| 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) |