Meanings of inflate costs in English

A nationwide standard is favored by the food industry, which says state-by-state differences could inflate costs for labeling and distribution.

It took the view that the contractor was raising problems with the design to excuse its failures and inflate costs, the documents show.

Shiramizu says the system tended to inflate costs because account holders charged a fee - often 10 percent - for letting newcomers use their accounts.

It argued that if cost awards were published, they could become a target for lawyers in the issuance of their bills and could inflate costs.

The family believed the charges included what appear to be inflated costs.

These inflated costs raised the price for everything from raw materials to finished office space.

And inflated costs are a major reason our subway system remains inaccessible to many people with disabilities.

"I'll put my best people on it." Dozens of them at inflated costs.

A petrol price decrease is on the cards for January 2020, following a wretched year of inflated costs and monthly rises.

Tougher regulations and investments in technology and data have also inflated costs with compliance managers and data specialists continuing to be hired.

Now, that lighter-than-air future could be in jeopardy, thanks to a series of schedule delays, technical complications and, above all, inflated costs.

Stolz said even though prices continue to rise, young people are willing to spend the inflated costs to get on the property ladder.

The industry would make unlikely bedfellows with refiners, who have long complained that the Jones Act law inflates costs for refiners on the East Coast.

But some now see it as a liability, inflating costs and leaving the bank vulnerable to the volatility of countries like Russia, Ukraine and Turkey.

Tebas expanded on this at Soccerex, saying clubs backed by national gas and oil revenues were inflating costs for all clubs and destroying the industry.

Officials are alleged to have inflated costs, awarded tenders fraudulently and generally mismanaged the state occasion, which was attended by leaders from around the world.