The phrase "a stream of costs" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing ongoing or continuous expenses in a financial context.
Example: "The project faced challenges due to a stream of costs that exceeded the initial budget."
Alternatives: "a flow of expenses" or "a series of costs".
Calculating the present discounted value of a stream of future costs or benefits is a standard topic in most courses that include economic evaluation and cost-effectiveness.
Net present value (NPV) of a stream of future revenues or costs.
With 10 years of life lost and a discount rate of 3%, Table 1 shows how a spreadsheet is typically organized to calculate the present discounted value of a stream of numbers (e.g., costs, payments, or in this case years of life lost).
Since education represents a one-off cost which may produce a stream of benefits over time, the costs of training will be annuitized over an (initial) presumed life of 5 years.
We do not believe this assumption will undermine the results, because future stream of costs is the main issue at stake.
Since investment decisions usually deliver payoffs over time, we must consider the entire stream of costs and benefits.
Its policy of ship-it-then-fix-it enables it to claim functionality with a straight face, but the real costs are a stream of flaws.
Using methodology that allows the comparison of uneven streams of costs and benefits, it is found that – at present prices – payments for sequestered carbon defray only a small proportion of costs, providing a level of incentive insufficient to stimulate restoration.
Rent subsidies for thousands of people with AIDS and a small stream of low-cost apartments owned and renovated by the city under three mayors also played a role.
In addition, our study provides information on an approximate future stream of financial costs that need to be included in health budgets.
