About Alicia Keys. Alicia Keys can be described as a modern-day Renaissance woman. A 12-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter/producer, Keys is also an accomplished actress, a New York Times best-selling author, an entrepreneur and a powerful force in the world of philanthropy and in the global fight against HIV and AIDS.
Implicit costs can also be thought of as intangible costs that are not easily accounted for. For example, the time and effort that an owner puts into the maintenance of the company, rather than working on expansion, can be viewed as an implicit cost of running the business.
Indirect Cost: Definition and Example. To facilitate preparation of an indirect cost proposal, shown below are (1) some definitions of the term indirect costs, (2) a brief discussion of indirect cost rate structures and (3) a simple example of an indirect cost rate computation. Indirect Costs (definition extracted from FAR Part 31.2) An indirect cost is any cost not directly identified with a single, final cost objective, but identified with two or more final cost objectives or an intermediate cost objective. It is not subject to treatment as a direct cost.