LIFETIME COST
\lˈa͡ɪfta͡ɪm kˈɒst], \lˈaɪftaɪm kˈɒst], \l_ˈaɪ_f_t_aɪ_m k_ˈɒ_s_t]\
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The total cost incurred by possessing certain goods over their lifetime. This is added on to purchase cost. Maintenance, insurance, renovation, and the like are typical add-on costs. These extra costs may tally higher than the original cost of the goods itself when tallied together over the lifetime of the goods.
By Henry Campbell Black
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).