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opportunity cost

A Dictionary of Finance and Banking,  January, 1997  

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opportunity cost The income or benefit foregone as the result of carrying out a particular decision, when resources are limited or when mutually exclusive projects are involved. For example, the opportunity cost of building a factory on a piece of land is the income foregone by not constructing an office block on this ...

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