teleport - transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another. 1  science fiction - literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society. 2  transport - move something or somebody around; usually over long distances.
Actual cost is the total amount of materials, labor costs, and any directly associated overhead costs that can be charged to a specific project. This is different from the standard cost, although both approaches are often used to evaluate the profitability of a given project.
The technique of using actual cost data (or extrapolating future costs from actual costs) is based on data from earlier/previous units, prototypes, or production lots of the same system (not a similar system, as in the analogy method).