welfare cost

基本解释

Welfare cost of female employee is higher;
女性雇员的福利成本较高；
Over the past year, US employment cost index rose 4%, with salary cost rising 3.5% and welfare cost up 5%.
在过去的一年中，美国的雇工成本指数上升了4％，其中薪金成本上升了3．5％，福利成本上升了5％。
But the key point is that the welfare cost from thehigher debt (the so-called burden of the debt) is one that has already beenincurred and cannot be recovered; it is a sunk cost.
但关键是，高债务下的福利成本（所谓的债务负担）是已经发生且无法收回的成本之一，它是一种沉没成本。

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The voluntary provision of charity is economically an excellent thing, since it reduces the need for public welfare organisations that usually cost more to run.
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