Definition. An estimated or predetermined cost of performing an operation or producing a good or service, under normal conditions.Standard costs are used as target costs (or basis for comparison with the actual costs), and are developed from historical data analysis or from time and motion studies.usiness usually provide their services to their customers using the business's past work history to provide the customer with a typical or standard cost for the service. 8 people found this helpful.
de-, prefix meaning to do the opposite, away, off, to remove entirely, down or from: decapitation, decartation, dedentition.Prefix meaning away from, cessation, without; sometimes has an intensive force.e-, prefix meaning to do the opposite, away, off, to remove entirely, down or from: decapitation, decartation, dedentition.
A prefix is a letter or group of letters attached to the beginning of a word that partly indicates its meaning. Common prefixes include anti- (against), co- (with), mis- (wrong, bad), and trans- (across).he word prefix contains the prefix pre- (which means before) and the root word fix (which means to fasten or place). Thus the word prefix means to place before.. Prefixation (the process of adding a prefix to a word) is a common way of forming new words in English. See Examples and Observations below. Also see: