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on-cost
(also oncost) noun [C]Definition
› HR, ACCOUNTING a cost that an employer has when they employ someone, in addition to the cost of paying the person's salary or wages: On-costs include pension contributions and payroll tax.
(Definition of on-cost noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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