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Revision as of 21:57, 24 April 2020

1.

A cost necessarily incurred in performing duties as an employee or independent professional.


2.

More generally, any cost necessarily incurred in order to do something.


3. Accounting - noun.

An item treated as a cost in the current reporting period, when preparing an income statement.


4. Accounting - verb.

To account for an item as an expense, rather than capitalising it.


See also