historical cost

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historical cost

noun historical costs

The original nominal monetary value of an economic item; the value at which an item was acquired by a company and was entered in its books.
Similar: acquisition cost

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noun original value

中文	原始成本
Français	coût historique, coût d'acquisition, valeur d'acquisition

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@misc{historical_cost_2026,
  title = {historical cost},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/historical%20cost},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}