Cost

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  • In economics, the value of the factors of production used by a firm in producing or distributing goods and services or engaging in both activities.
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  • http://eurovoc.europa.eu/2660
  • http://eurovoc.europa.eu/275
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Abstract from DBPedia
    In production, research, retail, and accounting, a 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. In this case, money is the input that is gone in order to acquire the thing. This acquisition cost may be the sum of the cost of production as incurred by the original producer, and further costs of transaction as incurred by the acquirer over and above the price paid to the producer. Usually, the price also includes a mark-up for profit over the cost of production. More generalized in the field of economics, cost is a metric that is totaling up as a result of a process or as a differential for the result of a decision. Hence cost is the metric used in the standard modeling paradigm applied to economic processes. Costs (pl.) are often further described based on their timing or their applicability.

    費用(ひよう、英: cost, expense)とは、生産や取引などの経済活動に伴って支払う金銭である。費用は、適用範囲などの違いから様々な形で記述される。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Cost)