See Also: Production cost advantage(finance)
Production Cost Advantage(money)
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Production Cost(money)
Distribution Cost Advantage(money)
Distribution cost advantage(finance)
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hocus-pocus(1) (iou)



hocus-pocus noun & adjective. E17.
[from pseudo-Latin hax pax max Deus adimax, used as magical formula.]
A. noun.
A conjuror, a juggler; a trickster. E17-M18.
(As interjection used as) a formula of conjuring or magical incantation. E17.
A juggler's trick; conjuring; sleight of hand; trickery, deception. M17.
J. F. Kennedy Englishmen, with their balanced budgets and sound economy, had watched the German financial hocus-pocus with amazement.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Juggling; cheating, tricky. Now rare. M17.

Production cost advantage (finance)


A source of competitive advantage that depends on producing some product or service at the lowest cost.