indirect cost

noun

: a cost that is not identifiable with a specific product, function, or activity

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Some funding sources, such as the Department of Agriculture, tend to pay lower rates, with perhaps a 30 percent premium going to indirect costs. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2025 It's thought to cost the U.S. about $56.5 billion a year in direct and indirect costs, the study authors note. Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025 The council approved the salary deal in November with a 23 percent pay increase across five years, adding about $76 million for salary increases, pensions and indirect costs. Dua Anjum, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025 Being the first to market provides a big opportunity, given that annual infections of the virus cost the global economy around $60 billion, including both direct healthcare costs as well as indirect costs such as productivity losses. Alex Knapp, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for indirect cost 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of indirect cost was circa 1909

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“Indirect cost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indirect%20cost. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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