life cycle cost
(also lifecycle cost) noun [C]Definition
› PRODUCTION, MARKETING the total money that has to be spent on a product, process, activity, etc. during its existence: The life cycle cost estimate for the program was $13.8 billion.
(Definition of life cycle cost noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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