Sentence examples for down costing from inspiring English sources

Add to that, the damage to economy: Queensland's coal industry has virtually shut down, costing millions in deferred exports and sending global prices higher.

A law firm that had become a lightning rod in the controversy over mortgage-foreclosure practices has shut down, costing 89 employees their jobs.

nLoss of system availability: A hacker causes Amazon.com's Web site to go down, costing millions in sales.

n Loss of system availability: A hacker causes Amazon.com's Web site to go down, costing millions in lost sales.

After the initial charges become public in May in 2013, the brokerage closed down — costing some 120 employees their jobs.

So there's no point in keeping the government shut down, costing the U.S. economy an estimated $160 million per day in the interim, let alone threatening not to pay some of the government's creditors when the debt limit is reached later this month.

The starting point for the top-down costing process is the general ledger.

Top-down costing requires that unit costs reflect the full cost of provision and include all operating expenses, staff costs and capital costs (both interest and principal), but exclude the costs of teaching and research.

Unit costs were estimated using activity-based and step-down costing methodologies.

Cost evaluation was carried out from the hospital perspective using Top-down costing approach.

Most cost items were estimated using a step-down costing method [ 12].