COSTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does costing mean? 

• COSTING (noun)
  The noun COSTING has 1 sense:

1. cost accounting

  Familiarity information: COSTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COSTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cost accounting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("costing" is a kind of...):

cost accounting (keeping account of the costs of items in production)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

Adding too little nitrogen can lead to a smaller harvest—costing farmers the opportunity to make more money.

(New Test Can Determine Nitrogen Levels in Soil, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Coleman's Weekly sent Martin a lengthy telegram, costing nearly three hundred dollars, offering him a thousand dollars an article for twenty articles.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I can't have a carriage without its costing ever so much.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

But her commendation, though costing her some trouble, could by no means satisfy Mr. Collins, and he was very soon obliged to take her ladyship's praise into his own hands.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)