The phrase "a tiny cost" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an expense that is very small or minimal in comparison to other costs or in relation to the overall context.
Example: "The upgrade to the software comes with a tiny cost, making it an affordable option for our budget."
Alternatives: "a minimal cost" or "a small expense".
"The withdrawal of our core funding represents a tiny cost saving for the government – less than half of the annual salary of a minister – but is close to one quarter of our organisational budget," he said.
While it's not easy to attribute any individual event to climate change, it is clear that a hotter planet translates into a higher frequency of extreme weather events.When we emit carbon into the atmosphere, we impose a tiny cost on society as a whole in the form of more rapid global warming and a greater intensity of the accompanying social ills.
Naomi Klein addresses this in her book No Logo, as she charts the shift of production of trainers and jeans to Asian free trade zones where it represents a tiny cost compared to the value generated by the knowledge element - the brand management, advertising and design.
The results demonstrate that the PU can always select an appropriate relay in the given time, and our scheme achieves a higher throughput than ORS with a tiny cost increase. .
The Wall Street Tax would be a tiny cost for those of us socking away our savings for retirement or our children's education -- the average person paying into a 401(k) would pay only one dollar per year.
And even with enforcement, Earthworks pointed out that because the penalties for breaking the law are so minimal, the industry simply passes this off as a tiny "cost of doing business".
If your $10,000 earns 9% a year before expenses, the tiny cost difference will balloon into a difference of $16,000 in your pocket in 2041.
SMS as Facebook said in its investor conference after the acquisition is a $100bn industry although imploding fast to the tiny cost of WhatsApp, $1 a year".
Most of them are small and do not attract much attention; only a tiny fraction cost more than a million dollars to clean up.
For a few years now, massive open online courses ("MOOCs") have enabled universities to beam lectures to wide audiences for a tiny marginal cost.
This is not required, but it's worth the tiny cost for peace of mind.
