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Meaning of sunk cost | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A cost that has already been incurred and which cannot be recovered to any significant degree.

Equivalents

Examples

“sunk costs fallacy”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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