actual cost

By working with my hands as well as with my head I learned the actual cost of production of every kind of plate they put out.

No allusion has been made in the Introduction to the pay of officers, nor to the actual cost of the keep of troopers.

Moreover, the actual cost of service in hauling pulp wood was fully as low as for lumber logs.

Everything was gain to it, which appeared to show an earning above the actual cost of handling the particular lot of freight.

I will show you the colliery books, that you may ascertain for yourself the actual cost of working.