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
   • Of the $5,019-million total ($5,344 million less $325 million for loans), $2,564 million was classified as expenditures for aftercosts of war and $2,455 million for public social welfare or public philanthropy; that is, 51 per cent of the adjusted total expenditures from appropriated funds was...1970, Frank Greene Dickinson, The changing position of philanthropy in the American economy
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