"To absorb the cost" means to bear or take on the expense or financial burden of something without passing it on to others, such as customers or clients.
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Every year thousands of animals are euthanized or sent home to die because the people who love them can not financially
absorb the cost of veterinary care.
The logical, which is to say the fair, way to address this situation would be to make the driver
absorb the cost for his slice of the damage.
If publishers are forced to cut print runs on top of
absorbing cost increases, the profit per book sold will decrease dramatically.
If a lawyer takes the case and does not win in court the lawyer will
absorb the cost out of pocket, not the plaintiff.
On the other hand, a lawsuit against a student might be financially devastating and liability coverage can cover or help a
student absorb those costs.
Every year thousands of animals are euthanized or die because the people who love them can not
financially absorb the cost of veterinary care.
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includes absorbing cost increases from time to time and encouraging retailers to keep prices in line with other products in the category.
These circumstances are rare, but they occur when the mutual fund
company absorbs some costs, such as when a fund is new and has few assets.
The cost of your Trustee is also included within your monthly payment, meaning that your creditors are
essentially absorbing the cost of the proposal.
If an a driver who doesn't have insurance runs into you, your
insurance absorbs the cost of the damages, even if the accident wasn't your fault.
However, it pays to shop around because many mortgage brokers will provide their services free to you by having the lending
institution absorb the cost.
On the other hand, a lawsuit against a student might be financially devastating and liability coverage can cover or help a
student absorb those costs.
It appeared firms found other ways to
absorb the cost of higher wages, usually by raising prices.
«Essentially that wage compression at the upper level of the hourly associate is going to
help absorb that cost of the wage increase at the lower level,» said the manager, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Revenue limits make no allowance for the categorically unaided costs incurred by school districts in addressing additional educational needs and school districts have been forced to
absorb those costs through other budget adjustments.
They know that they have complete flexibility to raise as much as they want (within reason), but they emotionally
absorb the costs in terms of dilution.
Although a company the size and scope of TMF Group can
easily absorb the cost associated with requests for evidence — and the uncertainty of the visa application process more generally — the same can not be said for startups.
Some insiders are privately grumbling that Heastie and the Mayor should «bite the bullet» and
just absorb the cost.
There also has been movement on this front, as expected at a press conference today, November 29, another group of officials will announce a plan to eliminate the chargebacks to towns and
absorb the costs back into the county budget.
But I am with you, I will not pay shipping, I think it's crazy for anybody to charge s & h nowadays, if they want to remain competitive they need to
absorb those costs somehow.
We might have had two and a half thousand homeless families on our hands if we had not taken the decision to plough money
into absorbing the costs of the government's economically - illiterate bedroom tax.
Indian Oil's share price has plunged 28 percent since its 2017 high, reached in August, and there will likely come a point where the pain of the slumping stock price outweighs the political pressure to
keep absorbing the cost of higher crude oil prices.
What appears to have happened is that the state - controlled oil majors such as Indian Oil have
largely absorbed the cost of rising crude prices, partly because of government pressure to do so.
Over the last five years, as Coles challenged suppliers and cut or
absorbed cost price rises, the retailer has recorded annual food and liquor deflation of 1.5 per cent and claims to have saved the average family more than $ 600 a year off their grocery shop.
A spokesman from Coles said the
supermarket absorbed the cost of low - price milk by reducing its own profits and it compensated dairy processing companies who bought the milk from farmers.
The assumption was that Anthem expected medical equipment suppliers and manufacturers to
absorb this cost change for customers, significantly reducing costs while allowing the insurance company to remain in compliance with federal regulations.
Also on the schools front, amid the revelation of the presence of toxic PCBs in schools here, Grimm said he is exploring the feasibility of private energy companies providing cleanup during evening and weekend hours, «
absorbing the cost up - front» in return for a contractual agreement to provide «future energy services to the city.»
It will drive employers with part - time and / or lower - income employees to significantly modify their scheduling practices, at a time when they are
also absorbing the costs of an increased minimum wage and dealing with the complexity of the new paid family leave act.»
«I propose that the Department of
Education absorb the cost of remedial classes at CUNY for public high school graduates,» he said.
State leaders and Thruway officials in recent years have undertaken a number of cost - cutting measures, including staff layoffs and having the State Police
budget absorb the cost of patrolling the toll roads, an expense that had previously been on the Thruway's books.
Some like Anglesey have chosen to raise their council tax by 5 % to
absorb costs while Cardiff is freezing its charges and looking for savings by axing jobs.
It's hard to understand why DfE were taken aback at over 6,000 responses to the first stage consultation — this is a critical issue for schools who are
already absorbing cost pressures.
These days, the expenses rarely include telephone calls and photocopying fees, as the
agent absorbs these costs as part of general office expenses.
Even if
Amazon absorbs the costs, is this not exploitation of a monopoly by bundling at a price point only Amazon can achieve, thus a barrier to competitive entry?
Mortgages purchased by the GSEs are generally less expensive than the larger jumbo loans because the
government absorbs the cost of default.