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COST PLUS

Specialty Definition: COST PLUS

Domain	Definition
Economics	A pricing method where the purchaser agrees to pay the production cost of the good plus a fixed percentage to the seller for profit. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: COST PLUS

Synonym by domain: cost-plus (building & civil engineering, transportation).

Crosswords: COST PLUS

English words defined with "COST PLUS": cost-plus contract. (references)

Commercial Usage: COST PLUS

Domain	Title
References	Cost Plus Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: COST PLUS

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Payment in the UAE is generally done on a lump sum basis, as opposed to cost plus or other schemes. (references)
Economic History	Barbados	Local companies adopt the cost plus method for pricing of their products. (references)
	Denmark	Additionally, the importer must pay a 25% Value Added Tax (VAT) calculated on sum of the landed (c.i.f.) cost plus the duty. (references)
Trade	Israel	The VAT is levied on the CIF landed cost plus purchase tax. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Usage in Company Names: COST PLUS

Country	Name
USA	Cost Plus Incorporated
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

Expression: COST PLUS

Expression using "COST PLUS": least cost plus fire protection theory. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: COST PLUS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
cost plus	1,023
cost plus world market	686
cost plus import	93
cost plus market	33
cost plus store	27
cost plus world	22
cost plus contract	14
cost plus pricing	5
cost plus inc	4
cost plus worldmarket	3
construction cost plus	3
cost plus warehouse	3
cost plus fixed fee	2
cost plus construction contract	2
cost plus fixed fee contract	2
cost plus system	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: COST PLUS

Language		Translations for "COST PLUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		dépenses contrôlées. (various references)

German		Mehrkosten (additional costs, ancillary costs, ancilliary expenditure, ancilliary expenses, extra charges, extra costs, extra expenses, extras, incidental charges, incidental costs, incidental expenses, incidentals, miscellaneous expenses, special expenses). (various references)

Italian		spese controllate. (various references)

Pig Latin		ostcay usplay.(various references)

Portuguese		despesas verificadas. (various references)

Spanish		trabajo por Administración. (various references)

Turkish		maliyet artı kâr. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: COST PLUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-l-o-p-s-s-t-u"
	-1 letter: locusts, sculpts.
	-2 letters: clouts, custos, locust, poults, scouts, sculps, sculpt, spouts, stoups, tossup, uptoss.
	-3 letters: clops, clots, clout, colts, costs, coups, cults, cusps, cusso, locus, lotus, loups, louts, lusts, ousts, plots, posts, poult, pouts, scops, scots, scout, sculp, scups, scuts, slops, slots, sluts, solus, souls, soups, spots, spout, stops, stoup, tolus.
	-4 letters: clop, clot.
	Words containing the letters "c-l-o-p-s-s-t-u"
	+1 letter: sculptors.
	+3 letters: leucoplasts, speculators.
	+4 letters: computerless, liposuctions, polystichous, portcullises, postsurgical, postulancies, scrupulosity, speculations, spiculations.
	+5 letters: counterspells, fluoroscopist, postholocaust, proconsulates, scrumptiously, supplications.
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INDEX

1. Synonyms
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction

5. Names: Company Usage
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern

9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography

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