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op·por·tu·nity cost

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  1. opportunity costnoun

    Synonyms:
    economic cost

  2. opportunity costnoun

    The cost of an opportunity forgone (and the loss of the benefits that could be received from that opportunity); the most valuable forgone alternative.

    Synonyms:
    economic cost

Princeton's WordNet

  1. opportunity costnoun

    cost in terms of foregoing alternatives

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  1. Esfandyar Batmanghelidj:

    At best, Russia can aim to demonstrate resilience to sanctions, but that just means staving a runaway economic collapse, this is why the real cost of sanctions is an opportunity cost of forgone growth.

  2. Michael Waltz:

    I'm worried about the macro aggressions, everything, when Fox News comes to training, is an opportunity cost. Every hour, every day you're spending training on this stuff, you're not training on all the other things we need that I would argue would be a higher priority to fight and win wars.


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