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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

成本控制

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Chéngběn kòngzhì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cost Control/ˈkɒst kənˌtrəʊl/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"成本控制对企业的成功至关重要。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The practice of managing and regulating expenses to ensure they do not exceed a predetermined budget.

    "Effective cost-control measures can significantly improve a company's profitability."
  2. 2

    A systematic approach to monitoring and reducing costs in a business or project.

    "The project manager implemented strict cost-control strategies to keep the project within budget."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English nouns 'cost' (from Old French 'coster' / Latin 'constare') and 'control' (from Anglo-Norman 'contreroulle'). The compound term emerged in early 20th-century business management literature to describe systematic practices aimed at regulating company expenditures.

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