should-cost

noun

The detailed analysis of a contractor's facilities by the potential purchaser, in order to determine an acceptable price that the purchaser will pay the contractor for goods or services.

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Meanings

nounshould-cost (countable and uncountable, plural should-costs)

plural should-costs

  1. uncountablebusinessThe detailed analysis of a contractor's facilities by the potential purchaser, in order to determine an acceptable price that the purchaser will pay the contractor for goods or services.
  2. countablebusinessA price determined by this means.
verbshould-cost (third-person singular simple present should-costs, present participle should-costing, simple past and past participle should-costed)

present singular third person should-costs · participle present should-costing · participle past should-costed · past should-costed

  1. To determine a cost in this manner.
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