another name for cost of goods sold:
• Fuel represented less than 3% of Carnival's cost of sales.
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► See Operating Costs.
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cost of sales UK US noun [U] ACCOUNTING
► COST OF GOODS SOLD(Cf. ↑cost of goods sold): »
Keeping the cost of sales down is important to the health of any business.
Financial and business terms. 2012.