discretionary costs

discretionary costs

managed costs of a non-manufacturing nature; e.g. administrative costs; research and development costs; marketing costs; training costs.
Collins Dictionary of Business, 3rd ed. © 2002, 2005 C Pass, B Lowes, A Pendleton, L Chadwick, D O’Reilly and M Afferson
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