kustannuksilla

Kustannuksilla is the plural adessive form of the Finnish noun kustannus, meaning cost or expense. In Finnish grammar, kustannuksilla is used to indicate that something is happening on the basis of or at the expense of a subject, such as a person, organization, or project. The adessive plural form typically conveys who bears the costs or where the costs accrue, and it is common in formal or financial language.

In practice, kustannuksilla appears in phrases where the genitive form of the possessor noun is followed by the adessive plural of kustannus. A typical use is to express that an activity or obligation is financed by or charged to someone or something. For example, a sentence like “Hanke toteutettiin organisaation kustannuksilla” communicates that the project was carried out at the organization’s expense. Similar constructions may refer to individuals or other entities bearing costs, such as “henkilön kustannuksilla” or “yhteisön kustannuksilla.”

Etymology and related terms: kustannus derives from the broader Finnic word family for expense and is etymologically related to Swedish kostnad and other Germanic terms for cost. Related Finnish terms include kustannukset (the costs, plural noun) and meno (expenditure). In formal Finnish, kustannuksilla is a standard, neutral way to express who pays for something or what costs are attributed to.

See also: kustannukset, meno, kustannuslaskenta.