1The proposed or estimated cost of producing or undertaking something.
计划成本；估计成本
he obtained costings for manual keyboarding of the records
他估算出了手工键盘输入这些记录的成本。
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The option is only one of the possible scenarios likely to be outlined, with full costings, by the consultants.
‘Speed could be worth a lot more to a client and we can give guaranteed costings,’ said one construction source.
Being an engineer by profession, he then informed me that I should go to my bedroom and write a detailed costing for materials to construct a child's bike.
Why was the original costing so extraordinarily high and what process meant it came down to relatively such an extraordinarily low figure?
Many people I know are waiting until they see the detailed costing for the proposals before they judge whether one or the other is believable.
Brochures and costings are to be obtained with the possibility of new equipment being provided on the play area.
On each occasion his attempts were frustrated by questions raised on costings for the project.
The lobby must also convince opponents of the scheme that costings will not run out of control.
A considerable sum of money has been identified to fund the work but final costings have yet to be confirmed.
We will then be able to present some options with costings.
While there may be support for the building of a world class facility, the public is entitled to full disclosure on the costings.
Details and costings are to be obtained with a view to placing equipment on the area adjacent to the village hall.
I attach an analysis of the likely costings of running your back office with our software.
The costings are, almost certainly, on the conservative side.
The availability of more detailed costings of services will be essential in separating issues of entitlement and ability to pay.
He said his company was still looking at the costings involved to see if it is affordable and these were expected to be complete in about six to eight weeks' time.
On Monday, at the council's environment and economic development committee meeting, he said he would like to see full costing of the event and a detailed plan.
That is according to a detailed costing of the project published in January of this year.
Original costings were based on 2001 figures, but have now been updated to take account of the 2003 revised estimates.
‘We have presented all our costings to the regulator and he will make a determination thereafter,’ the spokesman said.
1.1mass nounThe process of calculating a costing.
成本会计；成本计算
detailed costing can make the difference between an excellent idea and a ruinous one
成本会计的细致与否可以决定计划的好坏。
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But for all his interest in processes and production, costing, budget control and management accounting, he cites his biggest business focus as brand building.
Gross or top down costing allocates a total budget to specific services such as hospital stays or doctors' visits according to rules.
Even product and process costing fall outside the domain of cost accounting.
Energy modeling and lifecycle costing can give facility executives a solid idea of the costs and benefits associated with their choices before a facility is built.
Target costing is a process of determining a maximum allowable cost for a product by subtracting a desired profit from the product's market price.
We take firms through a process called activity-based costing.