distribution_cost has definitions from the field of business
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[ noun ] (business) any cost incurred by a producer or wholesaler or retailer or distributor (as for advertising and shipping etc)

Used in print

(John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)

As a result , distribution_costs were cut , customer relations improved .

Distribution_costs are almost bound to increase in the sixties - and you will never know what you can do to control them unless you study each element and experiment with alternative ways of doing the job .

Are there individuals in your organization who can shepherd a new product through to commercialization ; who can develop reliable estimates of sales volume , production , and distribution_costs ; and translate the whole into profit_and_loss and balance_sheet figures which management can act_on with some assurance ?

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