actual cost

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Users always pay a fee, which is a fraction of the actualcost (eight per cent, on average), but a rising one.
The seller or the producer might be able to itemize expenses incurred, but the relation of those expenses to actualcost remained a mystery.
This description is rather basic as it says nothing about the actualcost of the substitution, which is quite high at run time.
Certainly, the subsidies paid to farmers in wealthy countries allow products to be sold on the world market below the actualcost of production.
The actualcost of delivering care will depend on the level to which blood pressure must be lowered to obtain the maximum benefit.
Since very few plans have 100 % of assets invested in employer stock, the actualcost of holding employer stock will be lower than these estimates.
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