distribution cost
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4.2
- noun
- /ˌdɪstrɪˈbjuːʃən kɔst/
- Specialized
:
costo de distribución
- The company has seen a rise in distribution costs due to increased shipping fees.
- production and distribution costs
- higher distribution costs
- include distribution costs
Examples
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To remain profitable, businesses need to manage their distribution costs effectively.
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Its value lies elsewhere—in its targetability and flexibility, its minuscule distribution costs and nonexistent duplication costs, and finally, in its huge content capacity.
Academic text (1997) -
Now my income has gone down, while production and distribution costs are going up.
Blog text (21) -
Here are some locations that can help companies cut down on transportation and distribution costs.
Blog text (22) -
There has been a fifty percent decrease in distribution costs since 1986.
Academic text (1990) -
Have you included transportation and distribution costs when you compare U.S. and overseas manufacturing?
Blog text (13) -
We have to export; distribution costs are frightful.
Fiction book (1996) -
Maybe it's coming up with a way to reduce the distribution costs for modest American farmers and grocers.
Blog text (32) -
Teacher membership fees of $10 per year paid for about one-third of the newsletter distribution costs.
Academic text (1991) -
Significant drops in distribution costs facilitated the explosion of cable and online video competition.
Blog text (21)
How Costly
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- Specialized
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4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an expense related to delivering goods or services' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'distribution' (movement and sale of goods) with 'cost' (monetary amount). This is a straightforward compositional business phrase found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Distribution cost comes from the simple image of a company paying money to send products out to customers: distribution is getting goods to shops or homes and cost is the money spent. So, it means the 'expense' a business pays for delivering and selling its products.