"ensuing cost" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
"Ensuing" means following or coming after, so "ensuing cost" refers to the cost that will come after something else has happened. Example: After the initial investment, the ensuing cost of maintenance and repairs greatly increased the overall expense of owning the property.
New studies released last week by Rodney Slater, the departing secretary of transportation, chronicle the means by which major airlines have gone about killing the canary in the past and estimate the ensuing cost to consumers.
All this suggests that, when treating suspected KpB patients, the clinical findings should be considered carefully before opting for follow-up blood culture, to reduce indiscriminate prescription and the ensuing cost and patient inconvenience.
Without peacekeepers, conflicts will begin again and the ensuing costs would be enormously higher, not just in terms of military action (American taxpayers have spent about $1 trillion in Iraq and Afghanistan), but in relief efforts, forgone trade and ruined futures.
It covered 20 of OECD's member states, the countries included having volunteered to participate and to contribute to the ensuing costs.
But if the utility is able to cope with the transformation successfully and if mismanagement is avoided, the interviewee believes that utilities will be able to cope with the ensuing costs, i.e. the costs are not expected to be so excessive that a sustainable electricity system will be prevented.
The ensuing costs justify investments in both consented procedural orders and appropriate staff allocation.
In this study, we analyzed a large administrative database to estimate the hospitalization rates following an ischemic stroke, their time course, and the ensuing costs.
The disruptions caused by this were a real problem, either in money spent for fuel or for the ensuing costs to the patients.
A long trial ensued, costing a million dollars in lawyer fees.
The ensuing outrage cost the ornery coach his job after 28 seasons and 5 national championships at the school.
The ensuing fight cost Ryan his job, and led to a brief exile from the team for Solo.
