indirect cost

noun

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

Examples of indirect cost in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If states remove vaccine mandates, this could raise direct or indirect costs, the experts said. —Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025

Its approach has been multipronged: The administration first attempted to slash funding for science by reducing federal reimbursements for indirect costs like equipment, maintenance and office staff. —Evan Bush, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025

And even the consumers that realize the indirect costs of using cards and collecting points feel and frankly are powerless to overcome the status quo. —Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025

Approximately 500 employees are being laid off in June, partly due to federal cuts to indirect costs previously covered by National Institutes of Health research grants nationwide. —Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for indirect cost

• accost
• crisscrossed
• defrost
• embossed
• exhaust
• recrossed
• uncrossed
• bossed
• crossed
• dost
• glossed
• lost