The phrase "approved costs" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to budgeting, finance, or project management to refer to expenses that have been officially sanctioned or accepted.
Example: "Before proceeding with the project, we need to ensure that all approved costs are within the allocated budget."
Alternatives: "authorized expenses" or "sanctioned costs".
It is easy to state the necessary procedures: a thorough feasibility assessment and cost investigation before a project is approved, a refusal to allow later gold-plating beyond approved costs, and a robust procedure of stage reviews to check on cost escalation and decide on cutbacks or cancellation.
The socially approved costs of crime imposed on offenders consist mainly in the deprivations authorized by the punitive sanction.
The approved costs include installation and materials, which will include an impact pad below the turf, the turf material and the infill.
Also, 45 counties in the state were eligible for federal funds to pay 75 percent of the approved costs for debris removal and emergency protective services related to the hurricane, including requested emergency work undertaken by the federal government.
The N.C.A.A.'s executive committee has approved cost-cutting changes in the drug-testing program.
It is unfair to the law-abiding for law-breakers to incur no socially approved cost for their misconduct; it is unfair because it would create a class of harmful free riders in the society.
In 2014, the least expensive new cancer drug approved cost more than $120,000 a year.
And if the Legislature approves cost-of-living increases for more than 100,000 retired city workers -- increases tied to inflation year after year -- then pieces of the tax cut plan might be abandoned, Mr. Giuliani said.
The rules for costing are updated on a regular basis and are summarised in Approved Costing Guidance [17].
If approved, those costs would come at a time when government officials are already worried about the long-term solvency of Social Security.
Secretary Branch approved the costs, and Constitution began a leisurely repair period while awaiting completion of the dry dock then under construction at the yard.
