Alternative form of cost cutting; also used attributively:

(attributive) Relating to a reduction in expenditure.

(transitive with to) To be expensive. / (by extension) To cause a lot of pain or suffering.

plural of contingency cost

(accounting) An expense incurred precautionarily for a use that may not occur such as an event of damage or a change order.

plural of should-cost

(business, uncountable) The detailed analysis of a contractor's facilities by the potential purchaser, in order to determine an acceptable price that the purchaser will pay the contractor for goods or services.

To determine a cost in this manner.

(film) The net expense to produce and shoot a film, excluding such expenditures as distribution and promotion.

plural of negative cost