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How to pronounce “opportunity cost”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of opportunity cost with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- The Zero Marginal Cost Society
But the dilemma is also an opportunity.
- Definition summary
- (economics) The cost of an opportunity forgone (and the loss of the benefits that could be received from that opportunity); the most valuable forgone alternative.
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How to pronounce opportunity cost
The Zero Marginal Cost Society

But the dilemma is also an opportunity.
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (economics) The cost of an opportunity forgone (and the loss of the benefits that could be received from that opportunity); the most valuable forgone alternative.
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