The phrase "absence of cost" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to indicate that something is free or does not incur any charges.
Example: "The seminar will be offered to all participants with an absence of cost, ensuring everyone can attend without financial burden."
Alternatives: "no charge" or "free of charge".
The primary reason for this is the absence of cost effective, small-scale (∼10,000 tonnes per annum), environmentally sound pulping technology.
However, bidders can also strategically take advantage of this flexibility, by discounting package bids and "inflating" bid prices for single items, even in the absence of cost synergies; the latter behavior can hurt the performance of the auction.
This is a reasonable position, even if I think Brooks is dramatically underestimating the difficulty of selling this idea to the American public, and even if he also seems strangely indifferent to the importance of helping people who are currently uninsured get affordable insurance (even in the absence of cost controls).
Would the absence of cost and quality data ever be acceptable when a business negotiates a lease for an office or procures hardware and software?
Although the absence of cost data precludes a comprehensive benefit-cost analysis, we conclude that the Adult program very likely satisfies such a test, whereas the Dislocated Worker program does not.
It is opposed by some fiscal conservatives for its absence of cost controls and by liberals because it aims to push more of the elderly into private insurance programs.
In the absence of cost-effective, ubiquitous genome scanning tests, it may be more accurate to describe the next wave of genomic medicine as population-based rather than one focused on individual differences.
The term "operational cost savings" does not include savings from measures that would likely be adopted in the absence of cost-effective technology and practices programs, as determined by the Administrator.
Rechargeable metal air batteries and water splitting are highly competitive options for a sustainable energy future, but their commercialization is hindered by the absence of cost-effective, highly efficient and stable catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction.
For example, the intermittency of wind, and to a lesser extent solar, has created electricity system challenges as these sources have increased market share, elevating concerns about the unintended consequences of deployment mandates in the absence of cost-effective storage or other system approaches to matching supply and demand.
Although the figure is much higher in Europe ranging from about 55% in Britain to 75% in France and Germany—it is gradually falling.In the absence of cost-cutting, this puts pressure on profit margins, as do new entrants to banking.
