cost of original production

基本解释

Original production string acidizing is a new technology, which can greatly shorten the recycle of acidizing treatment and economize operating cost.
不动管柱简易酸化是一项较新的工艺，利用该技术可大大缩短作业周期、降低作业成本。
The newly developed digital type marking machine featured by its cost effective and ease of operation has replaced the original imported matrix-type marking machine in the production.
研制的数字化喷号机替代了进口矩阵型针式打号机用于生产。设备成本低，维护操作简单。
By improving operation process the working life of the melting trench has been lengthened from original 3 months to 8 months lining buiding frequency was decreased and production cost was reduced.
通过改进操作方法，使熔沟的寿命由原来3个月延长到8个月，减少筑炉次数，降低了生产成本。

Buy for whatever fraction of the original build cost they can that production line.
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One thing that allows HBO to offset this cost is that most of its programming, on an hourly basis, is movies (remember that HBO stands for Home Box Office), the rights to which are relatively less expensive than producing original content, as much of the production cost of these films has been absorbed by box office sales.
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