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costing

cost·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kaws-ting, kos-]
    • /ˈkɔs tɪŋ, ˈkɒs-/
    • /ˈkɒs.tɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kaws-ting, kos-]
    • /ˈkɔs tɪŋ, ˈkɒs-/

Definitions of costing word

  • variable noun costing A costing is an estimate of all the costs involved in a project or a business venture. 3
  • noun costing an estimate of the cost of a product, process, etc, for the purposes of pricing, budgeting, control, etc 3
  • noun costing the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal. 1
  • noun costing an outlay or expenditure of money, time, labor, trouble, etc.: What will the cost be to me? 1
  • noun costing a sacrifice, loss, or penalty: to work at the cost of one's health. 1
  • noun costing costs, Law. money allowed to a successful party in a lawsuit in compensation for legal expenses incurred, chargeable to the unsuccessful party. money due to a court or one of its officers for services in a cause. 1
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Origin of costing

First appearance:

before 1200
One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; (v.) Middle English costen < Anglo-French, Old French co(u)ster < Latin constāre to stand together, be settled, cost; cf. constant; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French, noun derivative of the v.

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Parts of speech for Costing

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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costing popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for costing

noun costing

  • quote — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
  • quotation — something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.: a speech full of quotations from Lincoln's letters.
All 2 Synonyms of costing

Related words

  • cost

    The cost of something is the amount of money that is needed in order to buy, do, or make it.

  • job-order costing

    a method of cost accounting by which the total cost of a given unit or quantity is determined by computing the costs that go into making a product as it moves through the manufacturing process.

  • cheap

    Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.

  • economy-size

    larger in size and costing less per unit of measurement than a smaller size: an economy-size box of soap flakes.

  • job costing

    a method of cost accounting by which the total cost of a given unit or quantity is determined by computing the costs that go into making a product as it moves through the manufacturing process.

  • process costing

    a method of assigning costs to production processes where products must of necessity be produced in one continuous process, with unit cost arrived at by averaging units produced to the total cost of the process.
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