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sunk cost

sunk cost noun: a cost that has already been incurred and which cannot be recovered to any significant degree.

Noun

sunk cost (plural sunk costs)

  1. A cost that has already been incurred and which cannot be recovered to any significant degree.
    • sunk costs fallacy

sunk cost meaning in Tamil and Arabic

sunk cost in Tamil

அமிழ்த்தப்பட்ட செலவு

sunk cost in Arabic

already incurred costs
تَكْلِفَة غارِقَة

Forms of sunk cost

pluralsunk costs

Questions about sunk cost

What does sunk cost mean?
Sunk cost means a cost that has already been incurred and which cannot be recovered to any significant degree.
What is sunk cost in Tamil?
Sunk cost in Tamil is அமிழ்த்தப்பட்ட செலவு. See Sunk cost meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sunk cost?
Sunk cost is a noun.
What is the plural of sunk cost?
The plural of sunk cost is sunk costs.

Words near sunk cost in the dictionary

  1. Sunita
  2. Suniti
  3. sunitinib
  4. Sunja
  5. sunk
  6. sunk cost
  7. sunk costs
  8. sunk costs fallacies
  9. sunk costs fallacy
  10. sunk fence
  11. sunk fences

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