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oncost

noun

Meaning

  1. Additional costs; extra expenses.
  2. Overhead (expense)
  3. (coal-mining) The cost of upkeep, making and maintaining shafts, roads, pumping, etc.
  4. The indirect expenditure incurred for the purpose of increasing the productive power of organised labour.

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  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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