| 单词 | prime cost |
| 释义 | cost1 /kost/transitive verb (pat and pap costˈed) or intransitive verb (pat and pap cost)
To estimate the cost of production of noun
ORIGIN: OFr couster (Fr coûter), from L cōnstāre to stand at costing noun An estimation of the cost of something costˈliness noun costˈly adjective
costˈ-account transitive verb costˈ-accountant noun A person who analyses and classifies elements of cost, eg material, labour, etc, or who devises systems of doing this costˈ-accounting noun cost centre noun A department, process or piece of equipment for which costs can be worked out as part of the costing process in business cost-effecˈtive or cost-effiˈcient adjective Giving adequate return for outlay cost-effecˈtiveness or cost efficiency noun cost-freeˈ adjective Free of charge (also adverb) cost plus noun A work contract where payment is based on the actual production cost plus an agreed percentage of that cost as profit cost-plusˈ adjective cost price noun The price the dealer pays for goods bought cost push noun (economics) Inflation due to rising production costs (also cost-push inflation) at all costs or at any cost No matter what the cost or consequences may be (also (old) cost what may) cost-benefit analysis (or assessment) The comparison of the cost of a particular course of action with the benefits (to be) derived from it cost of living The total cost of goods ordinarily required in order to live up to one's usual standard cost of living index An official number showing the cost of living at a certain date compared with that at another date taken as a standard cost someone dear (or dearly) To prove very costly or detrimental to someone count the cost
prime cost The price of production, without regard to profit or overhead expenses to one's cost With some loss or disadvantage prime1 /prīm/adjective
ORIGIN: L prīmus first; partly through OE prīm, from L prīma (hōra) first (hour) primeˈly adverb primeˈness noun prīˈmy adjective (Shakespeare) In one's prime, blooming prime cost see under cost1 prime meridian noun A meridian chosen to represent 0º, esp that passing through Greenwich, from which other lines of longitude are calculated prime minister noun
prime mover noun
prime number noun A number, other than one, divisible only by itself or unity prime rate or prime lending rate noun The lowest rate of interest charged by a bank at any given time, usu available only to large concerns with high credit ratings, forming the base figure on which other rates are calculated prime time noun (radio and TV) The peak period for viewing and listening during the day, having the highest rates primeˈ-time adjective prime vertical noun A great celestial circle passing through the east and west points of the horizon, and cutting the meridian at right angles at the zenith prime of life The period of one's life following youth, during which one is at one's most active, productive and successful relatively prime (mathematics) Having no common integral factor but unity |
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