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actual cost, actual expenses
The real amount spent, without markup or profit. The cost at which something was actually purchased or produced.
交通費は実費で支給します。
Transportation costs will be reimbursed at actual cost.
材料は実費でお願いします。
Please pay the actual cost for materials.
ボランティアなので報酬はないが、実費だけは負担してもらえる。
Since it's volunteer work there's no pay, but actual expenses are covered.
The real amount spent, without markup, profit, or subsidy. Common in business and organizational contexts.
WORD FORMATION:
実 (actual/real) + 費 (cost/expense)
COMMON PATTERNS:
- 実費で: at actual cost
- 実費精算: settlement/reimbursement at actual cost
- 実費負担: bearing actual expenses
- 実費で支給する: to reimburse at actual cost
USAGE:
Often appears in employment and volunteer contexts — for example, 交通費は実費で支給 (transportation reimbursed at actual cost). Contrasts with 定額 (fixed amount), where a set sum is paid regardless of actual spending.