opportunity cost

Questions about opportunity cost

What is the opposite of opportunity cost?

WordNet records no antonym for opportunity cost. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for opportunity cost come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of opportunity cost

• Full entry for opportunity costAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for opportunity costWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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