COST OF CAPITAL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The opportunity cost of the funds employed as the result of an investment decision; the rate of return that a business could earn if it chose another investment with equivalent risk

Synonyms:

capital cost; cost of capital

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("cost of capital" is a kind of...):

opportunity cost (cost in terms of foregoing alternatives)

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