cost
Definition
The total money, time and resources associated with a purchase or activity.
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acquisition cost, price, quote, closing costs, depreciated cost, direct cost, fixed cost, historical cost, indirect cost, marginal cost, mixed cost, operating costs, opportunity cost, original cost, replacement cost, standard costing, sunk cost, total cost, transaction costs, unit cost, variable cost
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