| Subject | English | Catalan |
| environ. | cost-benefit Relation between costs of a certain activity and its benefits to a certain community | cost-benefici |
| environ. | 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 | anàlisi cost-benefici |
| comp., MS | cost center | centre de costos (An operating unit whose managers are accountable for budgeted and actual expenditures) |
| math. | cost function | funció de cost |
| comp., MS | Cost Increase | Augment del cost (A calculated field that subtracts the total budgeted cost from the total actual cost and then divides that value by the total budgeted cost. This value is then multiplied by 100) |
| environ. | cost increase The augmentation or rise in the amount of money incurred or asked for in the exchange of goods and services | augment de costos |
| math. | cost-of-living index | índex de preus al consum |
| math. | cost-of-living index | índex del cost de la vida |
| environ. | cost recovery basis A standard used to provide reimbursement to individuals or organizations for any incurred expense or provided service | base del reemborsament de costos |
| environ. | cost reduction The lessening or lowering in the amount of money incurred or asked for in the exchange of goods and services | reducció de costos |
| comp., MS | current cost | cost corrent (The most recent price of a product or service) |
| environ. | 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 | cost de producció elèctrica |
| environ. | 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 | cost ambiental |
| environ. | environmental protection cost The amount of money incurred in the preservation, defense, or shelter of natural resources | cost de protecció del medi ambient |
| environ. | internalisation of environmental costs | internalització de costos ambientals |
| environ. | 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 | internalització de costos exteriors |
| comp., MS | least-cost routing | encaminament de menor cost (A process that performs reverse number lookup on one-number calls and then routes the call over an IP connection to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) gateway that is nearest to the location of the destination phone number) |
| environ. | 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 | habitatges econòmics |
| environ. | 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 | planificació de costos mínims |
| environ. | national economic costs The amount of money incurred as a result of the financial management of a nation's financial resources | costos de l'economia nacional |
| environ. | 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 | costos de la contaminació |
| environ. | replacement cost The amount of money involved to replace or have an item take the place of another item | cost de reemplaçament |
| environ. | social cost The price paid or the loss incurred to acquire, produce or maintain an objective or goal in a group, community or society | cost social |
| environ. | transport cost The outlay or expenditure involved in moving goods from one place to another | preu del tranport |
| environ. | 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 | cost del viatge |
| environ. | 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 | cost de disposició de residus |
| environ. | water cost The value or the amount of money exchanged for the production and sustained supply of water | cost d'aigua |
