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PRONUNCIATION OF COST-PLUS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COST-PLUS

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Cost-Plus is a noun.
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WHAT DOES COST-PLUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cost-plus contract

A cost-plus contract, also termed a cost reimbursement contract, is a contract where a contractor is paid for all of its allowed expenses to a set limit plus additional payment to allow for a profit. Cost-reimbursement contracts contrast with fixed-price contract, in which the contractor is paid a negotiated amount regardless of incurred expenses. Cost-plus contracts first came into use in the United States during the World Wars to encourage wartime production by large American companies.

Definition of cost-plus in the English dictionary

The definition of cost-plus in the dictionary is a method of establishing a selling price in which an agreed percentage is added to the cost price to cover profit.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COST-PLUS

cost-benefit
cost-benefit analysis
cost-conscious
cost-cutting
cost-effective
cost-effectively
cost-effectiveness
cost-in-use
cost-of-living adjustment
cost-of-living allowance
cost-of-living increase
cost-of-living index
cost-plus pricing
cost-push inflation
costa
Costa Brava
Costa Rica
Costa Rican
costae
costal

WORDS THAT END LIKE COST-PLUS

army surplus
army-surplus
budget surplus
capital surplus
eleven-plus
nonplus
overplus
peplus
periplus
plus
superplus
surplus
trade surplus

Synonyms and antonyms of cost-plus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cost-plus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COST-PLUS

Find out the translation of cost-plus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cost-plus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cost-plus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

成本加成
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cost-plus
570 millions of speakers

English

cost-plus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लागत प्लस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التكلفة زائد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

затраты плюс
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cost-plus
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খরচ সংযোজন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prix de revient majoré
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kos tambahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kosten-Plus-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コストプラス方式
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비용 플러스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Biaya-plus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chi phí cộng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செலவு பிளஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

किंमत-अधिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

maliyet artı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cost-plus
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

koszt -plus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

витрати плюс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cost- plus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cost-plus
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koste - plus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kostnadsplus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kost-pluss
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cost-plus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COST-PLUS»

The term «cost-plus» is regularly used and occupies the 59.939 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COST-PLUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cost-plus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COST-PLUS»

Discover the use of cost-plus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cost-plus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Management and Cost Accounting
Increasing attention is now being given to customer profitability analysis. Given the importance of this topic we shall consider customer profitability analysis later in the chapter. However, at this stage it is more appropriate to examine cost-plus  ...
Colin Drury, 2008
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Cost Management: Accounting and Control
In some cases, a full-cost-plus-markup formula may be the outcome of negotiation; if so, it is simply another example of negotiated transfer pricing. Variable Cost Plus Fixed Fee Like full cost plus markup, variable cost plus fixed fee can be a ...
Don Hansen, Maryanne Mowen, Liming Guan, 2007
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Basic Cost Engineering, Third Edition
In Cost-plus contracts the contractor agrees to furnish to the client services and material at actual cost, plus an agreed-upon fee for services. This type of contract is employed most often when the scope of service to be provided is not well ...
Kenneth K. Humphreys, 1995
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PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF COST ACCOUNTING
Under the cost-plus contracts, the contractor is reimbursed for allowable or otherwise defined costs, plus a percentage of those costs or a fixed fee. Thus, under the cost-plus contracts, items of cost to be included in the cost of the contract are ...
ASISH K. BHATTACHARYYA, 2004
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COST ACCOUNTING: THEORY AND PRACTICE
COST-PLUS. CONTRACTS. In this type of contract, the contractor is usually entitled to a stipulated amount of profit in addition to actual costs of manufacture or costs of rendering the service. What should constitute costs is generally spelled out ...
BHABATOSH BANERJEE, 2006
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The American Institute of Architects Official Guide to the ...
The AIA has published cost-plus Agreement forms since 1920. Uncertainties in the availability and costs of labor and material during World War I had made it extremely difficult for contractors to provide fixed prices. Cost-plus contracts remain ...
American Institute of Architects, 2009
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Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States
Decision B-105344, referred to above, had reference to a contract entered into by the District of Columbia under a statute which did not expressly prohibit contracting on a cost-plus- a-percentage-of-cost basis, and hence such decision is not ...
United States. General Accounting Office, 1959
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Regulating Public Procurement: National and International ...
Can you see why a cost plus percentage of cost contract would be problematic for a procuring entity? "Since, in the cost-plus percentage contract, the actual amount of profit increases with costs, the contract includes an inherent disincentive to ...
Sue Arrowsmith, John Linarelli, Don Wallace, 2000
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Transfer Pricing and Corporate Taxation: Problems, Practical ...
An analogous comparison is made under the cost plus method and the cost of services plus method, except that the profit level indicator differs. More particularly, under the cost plus and cost of services plus methods, the profit level indicator is ...
Elizabeth King, 2008
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Cornerstones of Cost Accounting
another example of negotiated transfer pricing. In these cases, the use of this method is fully justified. Using full cost plus markup to represent all negotiated prices, however, is not possible (e.g., it could not be used to represent the negotiated ...
Don Hansen, Maryanne Mowen, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COST-PLUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cost-plus is used in the context of the following news items.
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Westmoreland Reaffirms 2015 Guidance; Q2 Results in Line with …
“At a time when many in the industry are experiencing tough headwinds, our predictable, cost-plus model continues to operate well,” noted ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
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An Increase in Natural Gas Prices Brings Hope to Coal Producers
If their contracts are strictly on a cost-plus basis—they get a fixed return over and above costs—the impact isn't significant. For utilities with ... «Market Realist, Jul 15»
3
DoD Awards $372M Foreign Military Deal for Humvees
The three-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract includes two one-year options. The contracts were ... «Product Design & Development, Jul 15»
4
DoD Awards $36.8M Contract to Protect Against Evolving Threats
The cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed fee and fixed-price contract was a sole-source acquisition. More than $5.7 million in fiscal year 2015 ... «Product Design & Development, Jul 15»
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How to Set Prices for Your Child-Care Service
Take your cost-plus-desired-profit figure and the figure of what families can afford, and see how closely they match. Although you certainly want ... «Entrepreneur, Jul 15»
6
Window shopping business briefs
After 50 years in business, Otwell's Food Store on Martin Luther King Avenue has converted to a Cash Saver cost-plus store. The reformatted ... «NewsOK.com, Jul 15»
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Defense Stock Roundup: New CEO for Boeing, Lockheed Martin …
The company's Aeronautics business won a $119.2 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, undefinitized contract action for contractor logistics support. «Zacks.com, Jun 15»
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Another major rocket failure for a space industry out to prove itself
... nature of the NASA bureaucracy and its traditional cost-plus contracts with huge aerospace companies such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin. «Washington Post, Jun 15»
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Cost-Plus or Value-Based (Services)
In my article titled “Cost-Plus or Value-Based: Who wins?” I challenged the status-quo assumption that believes that value-based selling is restricted to niche ... «Wiglaf Journal, Jun 15»
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USAF Eyes Cost-Plus Bomber Contract
WASHINGTON — Whoever wins the right to produce the Air force's next-generation bomber should expect to receive a cost-plus contract, the ... «DefenseNews.com, Mar 15»

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