cost accounting

noun [U]

Definition

› ACCOUNTING the process in which all the costs of a business activity or production process or activity are examined in order to help managers decide how to make profits or save money: We shall be implementing a new cost accounting system.

(Definition of cost accounting noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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