standard cost


noun
  1. a predetermined cost of material, labor, etc., based on specifications prepared from time-and-motion studies, accounting records, and the like.

Origin of standard cost

1
First recorded in 1930–35

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standard cost

noun
  1. accounting the predetermined budgeted cost of a regular manufacturing process against which actual costs are compared

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