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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

By creating transparency, true cost accounting can help shift money away from harmful food production systems and toward alternatives that protect resources and rural communities.

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

No farm will be eligible to compete for any of them that has not a regular system of cost accounting and whose books cannot be examined and audited by a public auditor.

From Hidden Treasure by John Thomas Simpson



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