direct cost

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of direct cost

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

A more direct cost of new bans would be to cut off a pipeline of potential users who would stick with the app as adults.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The average direct cost to consumer households is approximately $2,400, according to estimates.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2025

With that in hand, they approached attorneys general in multiple states and made a compelling offer: hire them, at no direct cost to taxpayers, and recoup millions of dollars Centene had already set aside.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

Newark, N.J., replaced its more than 23,000 lead water lines via a three-year, $170-million program that commenced in 2019, all at no direct cost to homeowners — despite what Kobach et al. claimed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024

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

From The American Empire by Nearing, Scott