standby cost

基本解释

As long as the standby passenger pays more than the marginal cost, selling him a ticket is profitable.
衹要等退票的乘客所支付的錢大於邊際成本，賣給他機票就是有利可圖的。
As for A company, the cost for the loan might be higher than a general commercial loan for it shall pay the extra fees for opening the standby L/C.
對A公司來說，其貸款成本可能高於一般的商業貸款，因爲有一筆額外的開証手續費需要支付。
The phone will apparently cost quite a bit more than Nokia's, although talk time levels and standby times per battery charge differ.
摩托羅拉的這款手機顯然要比諾基亞的貴很多，但每次充電的通話時間和待機時間會有所不同。

Backup or standby generators cost an order of magnitude less than generators designed to provide primary power.
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