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after-cost

after-cost is the alternative form of aftercost.

Meaning of aftercost

Noun

aftercost (plural aftercosts)

  1. A subsequent expense related to but occurring after the source of an expenditure.
    • Merit and value imply comfort. an attractive design. an efficient motor, a sturdy chassis. the use of the best materials, complete equipment of tried accessories and economy in first cost and aftercost.1916, Successful Farming, page 4
  2. (broadly) A subsequent burden or loss resulting from an endeavor.
    • Whatever be the fate of Walt Whitman as a poet or democratic philosopher, this little book assures his place as a true philanthropist, a benefactor of his suffering brethren in the first degree, bestowing on them not the productions of his singular genius, not the alleviations which wealth may...1899, The London Quarterly and Holborn Review - Volume 91, page 87

Forms of after-cost

pluralafter-costs

Questions about after-cost

What is after-cost the alternative form of?
After-cost is the alternative form of aftercost.

Words near after-cost in the dictionary

  1. after-clap
  2. after-claps
  3. after-comer
  4. after-comers
  5. after-conduct
  6. after-cost
  7. after-costs
  8. after-depolarization
  9. after-dinner speech
  10. after-dinner speeches
  11. after-discovered evidence

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