The phrase "affairs cost" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to the costs associated with managing affairs or business, but it lacks clarity and context.
Example: "The affairs cost of running the organization has increased significantly this year."
Alternatives: "operational expenses" or "management costs".
The exclusive orgies called "parties fines" — lavish Champagne affairs costing around $13,000 each — were organized as a roving international circuit from Paris to Washington by businessmen seeking to ingratiate themselves with Mr. Strauss-Kahn.
Her last three major films were expensive affairs, costing an estimated $255 million in total to produce, yet in aggregate grossing a measly $400 million worldwide at the box office.
Particularly, the first-stage investment game may result in a second-period commercialization period with the following possible results: symmetric but lower costs for both firms (both invested), asymmetric production costs (one firm invested) and the same the existing state of affairs costs of the existing technology (neither invested in the new technology; Huang and Behara 2013).
Although most buffets on the strip are lavish affairs costing more than $15, a few affordable buffets can be found on the strip and elsewhere.
The affair cost Mr. Thon, who insists he did not know of the bribery, a short stay in police custody, a conviction and a fine of 80,000 kroner.
Campbell was not in fact involved with the company, and the affair cost Foraker votes.
This afternoon, former Hillary Clinton flack Howard Wolfson, confronted by a Fox News colleague with actual Iowa polling that suggested Clinton wasn't the de facto second choice of John Edwards voters, backed away from his claim that an early disclosure of Edwards' affair cost Clinton the nomination.
The five-course affair costs 40 euros (about $54) per head (reservations are available through the Web site).
By contrast, a single U.S. Space Shuttle mission (albeit intended for orbital flight, a more complex affair) costs $500 million.
At the time, the magazine reported Jackson's wedding was going to be an elaborate spring affair costing "millions".
