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cost accounting

NOUN
accounting of production costs
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Some programs used to evaluate their curricula on a three- or five-year cycle because foundational subjects like financial and cost accounting rarely changed.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

Using true cost accounting as a guide, policymakers could reallocate some of these vast sums of money toward production methods that deliver net-positive benefits, such as expanding organic agriculture, agroforestry and sustainable fisheries.

From Salon Feb. 28, 2024

True cost accounting seeks to make those externalities visible.

From Salon Feb. 28, 2024

Once you have that completed, you will apply your preferred cost accounting method to those classifications.

From Encyclopedia.com Jun. 26, 2018

The set of books containing the cost accounting system of the farm was kept in this desk.

From Hidden Treasure by John Thomas Simpson



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