running costsnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈrʌn.ɪŋ ˌkɒsts/us/ˈrʌn.ɪŋ ˌkɑːsts/the money you need to spend regularly to keep a system or organization working
the money you need to spend in order to keep and use a vehicle
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Costs & expenses
- aliment
- alimony
- asking price
- carrying charge
- charge
- compensation
- corkage
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune idiom
- cost-of-living index
- damage
- dent
- expense
- flat rate
- indirect cost
- maintenance
- price war
- settlement
- sticker price
- stoppage
- worth
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