cost-plus
adjective
1
: paid on the basis of a fixed fee or a percentage added to actual cost
a cost-plus contract
2
: of or relating to a cost-plus contract
Examples of cost-plus in a Sentence
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This is because most construction contractors charge their customers, the developer, on a cost-plus basis.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
For now, that is the Space Launch System rocket, developed by NASA using cost-plus contracts.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 June 2023
Under this cost-plus model, drugs will be transparently and straightforwardly priced based on the amount CVS paid for the drugs, plus a small markup–a sea change from the indecipherable, opaque, and convoluted system of rebates, markups, and bespoke discounts that define today’s PBM system.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
And doing so would likely require some other big paradigm shifts, such as getting rid of the cost-plus model under which streamers pay the full cost of production for a show plus a bonus to studios.
—Vulture, 3 Aug. 2023
But those checks have shrunk for streaming shows made under the cost-plus model.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 6 June 2023
The cost-plus model offers creators pretty good, low-risk income.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 6 June 2023
Typically, they were accustomed to competing for cost-plus contracts, which paid a company's expenses, plus a fee.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2023
Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
For now, that is the Space Launch System rocket, developed by NASA using cost-plus contracts.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 June 2023
Under this cost-plus model, drugs will be transparently and straightforwardly priced based on the amount CVS paid for the drugs, plus a small markup–a sea change from the indecipherable, opaque, and convoluted system of rebates, markups, and bespoke discounts that define today’s PBM system.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
And doing so would likely require some other big paradigm shifts, such as getting rid of the cost-plus model under which streamers pay the full cost of production for a show plus a bonus to studios.
—Vulture, 3 Aug. 2023
But those checks have shrunk for streaming shows made under the cost-plus model.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 6 June 2023
The cost-plus model offers creators pretty good, low-risk income.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 6 June 2023
Typically, they were accustomed to competing for cost-plus contracts, which paid a company's expenses, plus a fee.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2023
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“Cost-plus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cost-plus. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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