The phrase "affairs costs" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be a combination of two separate concepts, but it lacks clarity and proper context.
Example: "The affairs costs associated with managing the event were higher than expected."
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.
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 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.
Campbell was not in fact involved with the company, and the affair cost Foraker votes.
At the time, the magazine reported Jackson's wedding was going to be an elaborate spring affair costing "millions".
George's coronation was a magnificent and expensive affair, costing about £243,000 (approximately £ in ; for comparison, his father's coronation had only cost about £10,000, equal to £ today).
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.
This public affairs machine costs over £10m, according to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism's calculations, although the corporation disputes this figure.
