direct cost

noun

1. a cost that can be related directly to the production of a product or to a particular function or service.

Word History and Origins

Origin of direct cost¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Najafi says all this compliance-related data wrangling can add 30% to 40% to the overhead of a company like his, in both direct cost and hours of staff time.

From MIT Technology Review

If we aren’t prepared to confront the direct costs to democracy, understanding who pays what price for unchecked misinformation is one way to increase accountability.

From MIT Technology Review

The total direct cost of this territory in money was under forty millions.

From Project Gutenberg

And in the waging of war, do we reckon the direct cost to commerce?

From Project Gutenberg

It was not merely the direct cost, however; there were the indirect penalties also.

From Project Gutenberg