Examples of use of direct costs
1. Israeli sources said Israel would still pay the direct costs of relocating the settlers.
2. "We saved $2 million in direct costs" for medicines and supplies compared with 2003, he said.
3. "We can now see total direct costs of $2 billion to $3 billion," he said.
4. The projection by Castaldi indicates that direct costs could rise twice as high.
5. At the same time the direct costs of online fraud are growing rapidly, rising by an estimated 52% last year to around 140m.