Meaning

1 senses
  1. A cost that has already been incurred and which cannot be recovered to any significant degree.

    sunk costs fallacy

    versunkene Kosten

    невозвра́тная затра́таnevozvrátnaja zatráta

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
already incurred costs:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
already incurred costs:

Forms

plural: sunk costs
Singularsunk cost
Pluralsunk costs

regular

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