indirect cost
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[edit]Noun
[edit]indirect cost (plural indirect costs)
- (finance, business, accounting) Any cost that is not directly accountable to a cost object (such as a particular project, facility, function, or product). They include administration, personnel and security costs.
- Synonym: indirect
- Coordinate term: direct cost
- 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 46:
- When you deduct the direct and indirect costs, the picture looks a little different. Only mail and coal traffic generated a net revenue when accounting for all costs, not just direct operating costs.
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