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Princeton's WordNet

  1. costingnoun

    cost accounting

Wiktionary

  1. costingnoun

    The estimation of the cost of a process or product.

Wikipedia

  1. costing

    Cost accounting is defined as "a systematic set of procedures for recording and reporting measurements of the cost of manufacturing goods and performing services in the aggregate and in detail. It includes methods for recognizing, classifying, allocating, aggregating and reporting such costs and comparing them with standard costs." (IMA) Often considered a subset of managerial accounting, its end goal is to advise the management on how to optimize business practices and processes based on cost efficiency and capability. Cost accounting provides the detailed cost information that management needs to control current operations and plan for the future.Cost accounting information is also commonly used in financial accounting, but its primary function is for use by managers to facilitate their decision-making.

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  1. costing

    Costing is a system or method of calculating and determining the total cost of producing a product or providing a service. This includes the cost of raw materials, labor, overheads, and any other direct or indirect expenses. Costing helps in price determination, budget planning, cost control, and financial analysis and is a key aspect of accounting, finance, and economics in a business operation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Costing

    of Cost

Editors Contribution

  1. costing

    The cost of a process, commodities, goods, products or services.

    The business costing was easily created and provided financial information that the business needed to move forward.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 13, 2020  


  2. costingverb

    Verb form of the word cost.

    The costing was accurate, specific and thorough.


    Submitted by MaryC on May 2, 2020  

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    Rank popularity for the word 'COSTING' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4244

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Anagrams for COSTING »

  1. gnostic

  2. Gnostic

  3. contigs

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of COSTING in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of COSTING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of COSTING in a Sentence

  1. Donald Trump:

    This thing is costing me a fortune, being president, it's probably costing me from $ 3 to $ 5 billion for the privilege of being -- and I couldn't care less -- I don't care. You know if you're wealthy, it doesn't matter. I just want to do a great job.

  2. Richard Gillespie:

    Counterfeit products can be deceiving at first glance, they're often cheaper and can appear very similar to the real thing. However, inferior products can end up costing consumers more than if they purchased the genuine item because of the high likelihood of substandard materials and malfunctioning parts.

  3. Bob Corker:

    If it ends up costing what has been laid out here, it could well be one of the worst votes I’ve made.

  4. Rob Watts:

    Once aircraft get grounded, and you start to go into that spiral, that's really hard to get out of, you have a proportion of your fleet that's not generating revenue but is still costing you money, so the more aircraft you lose, your revenue falls but your cost doesn't fall in the same manner.

  5. Lisa Monaco:

    We obviously always want to go after the individual who is pulling the trigger that's costing lives in our communities, but we also need to go after the networks, the very illegal trafficking networks that are putting those guns in the hands of those criminals in the first place.

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