"cost overrun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cost overruns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cost overrun (plural cost overruns)
  1. (accounting) An excess of actual cost over budget.
    Sense id: en-cost_overrun-en-noun-fvrChYVL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Accounting Topics: accounting, business, finance

Inflected forms

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