cost-plus
adjective
1
: paid on the basis of a fixed fee or a percentage added to actual cost
a cost-plus contract
2
: of or relating to a cost-plus contract
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In comments on the Q3 earnings interview, Sarandos said the company was not shifting from its cost-plus model of paying TV and film talent upfront, citing remarks by Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria at a recent meeting with top talent agents and lawyers.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
There has been a lot of chatter that changes also are coming to TV series’ cost-plus model that sees stars and other talent get paid a big number upfront with little backend.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2024
Nelson was speaking to the culprits behind these odious arrangements, in Congress (including himself from his time in the Senate), who see the space agency as a piggy bank and cost-plus contracts as a way to deliver jobs to constituents and share price boosts to campaign funders.
—Daniel Vergano, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Its leaders were used to operating in a cost-plus environment, in which Boeing could bill the government for all of its expenses and earn a fee.
—Amber Dasilva / Jalopnik, Quartz, 6 May 2024
This is because most construction contractors charge their customers, the developer, on a cost-plus basis.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
For now, that is the Space Launch System rocket, developed by NASA using cost-plus contracts.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 June 2023
Under this cost-plus model, drugs will be transparently and straightforwardly priced based on the amount CVS paid for the drugs, plus a small markup–a sea change from the indecipherable, opaque, and convoluted system of rebates, markups, and bespoke discounts that define today’s PBM system.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
And doing so would likely require some other big paradigm shifts, such as getting rid of the cost-plus model under which streamers pay the full cost of production for a show plus a bonus to studios.
—Vulture, 3 Aug. 2023
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
There has been a lot of chatter that changes also are coming to TV series’ cost-plus model that sees stars and other talent get paid a big number upfront with little backend.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2024
Nelson was speaking to the culprits behind these odious arrangements, in Congress (including himself from his time in the Senate), who see the space agency as a piggy bank and cost-plus contracts as a way to deliver jobs to constituents and share price boosts to campaign funders.
—Daniel Vergano, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Its leaders were used to operating in a cost-plus environment, in which Boeing could bill the government for all of its expenses and earn a fee.
—Amber Dasilva / Jalopnik, Quartz, 6 May 2024
This is because most construction contractors charge their customers, the developer, on a cost-plus basis.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
For now, that is the Space Launch System rocket, developed by NASA using cost-plus contracts.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 June 2023
Under this cost-plus model, drugs will be transparently and straightforwardly priced based on the amount CVS paid for the drugs, plus a small markup–a sea change from the indecipherable, opaque, and convoluted system of rebates, markups, and bespoke discounts that define today’s PBM system.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
And doing so would likely require some other big paradigm shifts, such as getting rid of the cost-plus model under which streamers pay the full cost of production for a show plus a bonus to studios.
—Vulture, 3 Aug. 2023
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“Cost-plus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cost-plus. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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