cost-plus

Reimbursed plus percentage

Cost-plus describes a pricing arrangement where the buyer pays the seller's actual costs plus an agreed-upon markup or fee.

Common in government contracts and construction: a cost-plus contract, cost-plus pricing.

The arrangement shifts financial risk to the buyer, since final costs aren't fixed in advance.

pricing

markup

Added percentage for profit

overhead · profit · billing · fee · reimbursement · allowance · calculation · formula · basis · rate

contracting

government

Authority over a state

contractor · Pentagon · supplier · bidding · award · agreement · negotiation · specification · compliance · audit

construction

builder

One who erects structures

labor · subcontractor · estimate · budget · homeowner · developer · invoice · transparency · accounting · specification

Categories
Opposites
contract pricing structure

cost-plusfixed-price

Unchanging cost arrangement

lump-sum · flat-rate · turnkey · competitive bid · design-build

profit/risk certainty

cost-plusfixed-price

Unchanging cost arrangement

at-risk · speculative

Family

cost, plus, costs, costing, costly, costless, costliness, costed

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