Bills and costs · Money and prices
running costs
ongoing costs
Running costs are the regular costs of using or maintaining something.
This vs that
The running costs are low.
The purchase price is high.
Hear it in real life
Why not buy the cheap printer?
The running costs are awful—the ink costs a fortune.
We chose a smaller car because its running costs are much lower.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
Running costs is the usual concise phrase for ongoing ownership or operating costs.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The running cost of this car are too expensive.
Say: The running costs of this car are too high.
Use the plural costs and adjective high for amounts.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
running costs ofnoun; keep running costs down
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about bills and costs.
pay in instalments
We paid for the sofa in instalments.
the bill comes to ___
The bill comes to eighty pounds, including delivery.
Bills and costs words
Money and prices · Bills and costs: the words around “running costs”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
The running costs are too high.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
running costs
ongoing costs
“We chose a smaller car because its running costs are much lower.”
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