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COUT ENGLOUTI [1 record]

Record 1 2004-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Accounting
  • Economic Planning
DEF

A past cost which cannot now be revised and hence cannot (or should not) enter into current decisions for increasing or decreasing present profit levels.

CONT

A sunk cost is not an opportunity cost and thus is not included among the costs when a proposed project or other investment is analyzed; only future return to future cost is considered.

OBS

sunk cost: term reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

OBS

Compare with "relevant cost".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité générale
  • Planification économique
DEF

Coût résultant d'une décision irrévocable prise dans le passé et constituant, par le fait même, une donnée non pertinente (à l'exception des effets fiscaux s'y rattachant) pour le gestionnaire qui doit prendre une décision. Ainsi, le coût non amorti d'une machine n'influe nullement sur la décision de remplacer cette machine ou de la mettre hors service.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad general
  • Planificación económica
DEF

Costo incurrido con anterioridad y debido a una decisión que no puede ya corregirse y que se encuentra relacionado con equipo especializado o con otros medios de producción no adaptables fácilmente a las necesidades presentes o futuras.

OBS

coste enterrado: término extraído del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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