Noun

• S: (n) operating expense, operating cost, overhead, budget items (the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes)
• domain category
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) expense, disbursal, disbursement (amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures))
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) cost (the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor)
• S: (n) expense, disbursal, disbursement (amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures))
• S: (n) capital expenditure (the cost of long-term improvements)
• S: (n) payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)
• S: (n) ransom, ransom money (money demanded for the return of a captured person)
• S: (n) cost overrun (excess of cost over budget) "the cost overrun necessitated an additional allocation of funds in the budget"
• S: (n) cost of living (average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing)) "a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation"
• S: (n) borrowing cost (the cost of borrowing something)
• S: (n) distribution cost (any cost incurred by a producer or wholesaler or retailer or distributor (as for advertising and shipping etc))
• S: (n) handling cost, handling charge (the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order))
• S: (n) marketing cost (the cost of marketing (e.g., the cost of transferring title and moving goods to the customer))
• S: (n) production cost (combined costs of raw material and labor incurred in producing goods)
• S: (n) replacement cost (current cost of replacing a fixed asset with a new one of equal effectiveness)
• S: (n) reproduction cost, physical value (cost of reproducing physical property minus various allowances (especially depreciation))
• S: (n) unit cost (calculated cost for a given unit of a product)
• S: (n) price, terms, damage (the amount of money needed to purchase something) "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?"
• S: (n) price (cost of bribing someone) "they say that every politician has a price"
• S: (n) opportunity cost (cost in terms of foregoing alternatives)
• S: (n) portage (the cost of carrying or transporting)
• S: (n) charge (the price charged for some article or service) "the admission charge"
• derivationally related form
• part holonym