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| cost-benefit Relation between costs of a certain activity and its benefits to a certain community | 成本效益 (特定组织进行某一特定活动时，所需成本和收益之间的关系。) |
| cost-benefit analysis The attempt to assess, compare and frequently justify the total price or loss represented by a certain activity or expenditure with the advantage or service it provides | 成本效益分析 (对某一特定商业活动，或提供利益或服务的费用,试图去评估、比较和频繁地调整总价或损失。) |
| cost recovery basis A standard used to provide reimbursement to individuals or organizations for any incurred expense or provided service | 成本回收基础 (为个人或组织的任何支出提供偿还或服务的一种标准。) |
| cost reduction The lessening or lowering in the amount of money incurred or asked for in the exchange of goods and services | 成本降低 (在货物及服务交易中，引发资金总额的下降或减少。) |
| electricity generation cost The value or amount of money exchanged for the production and sustained supply of charged ion current used as a power source | 发电成本 (将带电离子电流转换为生产及持续供应的电源所需投入的货币数量或价值。) |
| environmental and social cost | 环境和社会成本/社会的成本 |
| environmental cost Expenses incurred as a result of some violation of ecological integrity either by an enterprise that implements a program to rectify the situation, or by society or the ecosystem as a whole when no person or enterprise is held liable | 环境成本 (某企业、整体社会或者生态系统，为改正一些违反生态完整性状况，在没有人或者企业为此承担法律责任时而实施的某种计划所产生的费用。) |
| environmental protection cost The amount of money incurred in the preservation, defense, or shelter of natural resources | 环境保护成本 (自然资源保护、防护或庇护所引起的货币支出量。) |
| internalisation of environmental costs | 环境成本内部化 |
| internalisation of external costs The process of getting those who produce goods or services with adverse effects on the environment or on society to incorporate a knowledge of possible negative repercussions into future economic decisions | 环境成本内在化 (使哪些对生产对环境或社会有不良影响的商品或服务的纳入这样一类知识的过程：其未来的经济决策可能产生不利影响。) |
| least cost plus loss fire protection theory | 最小成本加最低损失防火理论 |
| least cost plus loss fire protection theory | 经济防火理论 |
| low-cost housing Residences built at minimal expense and designed to keep the rental rate or price of purchase affordable for persons with limited means, usually determined by an annual income level set below the local median | 低成本住房 (最小成本建设的公寓，旨在保持出租率或购买价格为小户收入者负担得起，这种小户通常由一年收入低于当地平均水平来确定。) |
| minimal cost planning The process of making arrangements or preparations to facilitate the production of goods or services at an output that would require the lowest possible expenditure of money, time or labor | 最低成本规划 (在商品生产和服务的筹备和准备过程中，要求使用尽可能最低的成本、时间或劳动力支出。) |
| national economic costs The amount of money incurred as a result of the financial management of a nation's financial resources | 国民经济支出 (一个国家的财政资源的财务管理而产生的款项。) |
| operating cost | 使用费用 |
| operating cost | 运转消耗指植物呼吸作用 |
| operating cost | 保养费 |
| pollution cost The amount of money incurred as a result of human-made or human-induced alteration of the physical, biological, chemical, and radiological integrity of air, water, and other media | 污染成本 (由人为造成的，对空气、水和其它媒介的物理、化学和辐射污染，并因此造成的开销。) |
| replacement cost The amount of money involved to replace or have an item take the place of another item | 替换成本 (替换或由某一项代替另一项的总的花费。) |
| social cost The price paid or the loss incurred to acquire, produce or maintain an objective or goal in a group, community or society | 社会成本 (为了一个群体，社区或社会获得，产生或保持的目标而付出的代价或招致的损失。) |
| societal cost | 环境和社会成本/社会的成本 |
| transport cost The outlay or expenditure involved in moving goods from one place to another | 运输成本 (货物从一个地方移到另一个地方所涉及的费用或支出。) |
| travel cost Expenditure of money or the amount of money incurred for journeying or going from one place to another by some mode of transportation | 旅行费用 (旅行或通过某种交通方式从一个地方到另一个地方而产生的花费或支出的金额。) |
| waste disposal cost The amount of money incurred for the action of removing or getting rid of refuse or unwanted materials left over from a manufacturing process | 废料处置成本 (为实施清除或去除生产制造过程中遗留下来的垃圾或无用材料的行动而花费的金额数量。) |
| water cost The value or the amount of money exchanged for the production and sustained supply of water | 水成本 (对水的生产和持续供应所需的价值和金额。) |
