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COST OF CAPITAL
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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)