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Cost is the value of money that has been used up to produce something or deliver a service, and hence is not available for use anymore. In business, the cost may be one of acquisition, in which case the amount of money expended to acquire it is counted as cost.
Manufacturing costs vs. non-manufacturing costs, Types of accounting costs & Comparing private, external, and social costs
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | is a | value of money that has been used up to produce something or deliver a service | 0.90 | text |
| Cost | is a | metric that is totaling up as a result of a process or as a differential for the result of a decision | 0.90 | text |
| Cost | is a | metric used in the standard modeling paradigm applied to economic processes.Costs | 0.90 | text |
| Cost | is a | value of the best alternative that was not chosen in order to pursue the current endeavor that is | 0.90 | text |
| Cost | is a | environmental expenditure to eliminate or prevent environmental damage | 0.90 | text |
| Cost | is a | term in networking to define the worthiness of a path | 0.90 | text |
| Cost | related to Comparing private, external, and social costs | When | 0.60 | section |
| Cost | related to Comparing private, external, and social costs | Private | 0.60 | section |
| Cost | related to Comparing private, external, and social costs | This | 0.60 | section |
| Cost | related to Cost estimation | When | 0.60 | section |
| Cost | related to Cost estimation | Costs | 0.60 | section |
| Cost | related to Cost estimation | Cost-plus | 0.60 | section |
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