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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, the report calculates that the global cost of the agrifood system in 2020 was up to US$12.7 trillion more than consumers paid at retail.

From Salon Feb. 28, 2024

The key is a method called true cost accounting, which examines the economic, environmental, social and health impacts of food production and consumption to produce a broader picture of its costs and benefits.

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 Government stated this proposition when it first undertook to put the space program on a priority basis: Scientific research has never been amenable to rigorous cost accounting in advance.

From The Practical Values of Space Exploration Report of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Eighty-Sixth Congress, Second Session by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics.



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