"actual cost" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "actual costs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "actual cost (countable and uncountable, plural actual costs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Business",
          "orig": "en:Business",
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            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The entire expense incurred in acquiring an item, including freight, duty, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-actual_cost-en-noun-BDpCmVF-",
      "links": [
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "expense",
          "expense"
        ],
        [
          "incur",
          "incur"
        ],
        [
          "freight",
          "freight"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(business) The entire expense incurred in acquiring an item, including freight, duty, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "actual cost"
}

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    {
      "form": "actual costs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "actual cost (countable and uncountable, plural actual costs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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        "en:Business"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The entire expense incurred in acquiring an item, including freight, duty, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "expense",
          "expense"
        ],
        [
          "incur",
          "incur"
        ],
        [
          "freight",
          "freight"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(business) The entire expense incurred in acquiring an item, including freight, duty, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "actual cost"
}