HISTORICAL COST

Domain	Definition
Business	The total cost of acquisition of an asset comprising purchase price and expenses of acquisition ; the original cost incurred at date of acquisition of an asset or service to the owner. Cost could also be the value of an identical item received through exchange value plus or minus any payment made or such payment received as part of the exchange. Source: European Union. (references)
	The unit cost calculated from the actual costs incurred. Source: European Union. (references)
	The original cost incurred at date of acquisition of an asset or service to the owner. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Historical cost

Non-Fiction Usage: HISTORICAL COST

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Hong Kong	Note 1: The U.S. Department of Commerce estimates the total U.S. direct investment position in Hong Kong at historical cost (the book value of U.S. direct investors' equity in, and net outstanding loans to, their foreign affiliates). (references)
	Hong Kong	According to preliminary U.S. Government statistics, U.S. direct investment in Hong Kong totaled almost US$24 billion at year-end 2000 (based on historical cost), making the United States one of Hong Kong's largest investors, along with the United Kingdom, China and Japan. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: HISTORICAL COST

Modern Translation: HISTORICAL COST

Language		Translations for "HISTORICAL COST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		samlet anskaffelsesvaerdi (cost of acquisition, initial costs), oprindelige priser, oprindelige anskaffelsespriser, efterkalkulation. (various references)

Dutch		historische kostprijs (cost of acquisition, initial costs), historische kosten, kosten van verkrijging (cost of acquisition, initial costs), aanschafkosten (cost of acquisition, initial costs), aanschaffingskosten (cost of acquisition, initial costs), aanlegkosten (cost of acquisition, initial costs). (various references)

Finnish		hankintameno (cost of acquisition, initial costs), jälkilaskelman mukainen kustannus. (various references)

French		valeur d'origine, prix de revient réel, prix de revient historique, frais historiques, coût d'acquisition, coût � l'origine. (various references)

German		Originalpreise, nachkalkulierte Kosten, Beschaffungskosten (cost of acquisition, initial costs), Anschaffungskosten (aboriginal cost, acquisition cost, asset cost, prime cost), Anlagekosten (initial cost). (various references)

Greek		κόστος απόκτησης (cost of acquisition, initial costs), ιστορικό κόστος, ιστορική τιμή κόστους, ιστορικί κόστοσ, αρχική αξία. (various references)

Italian		costo storico (cost of acquisition, initial costs), costo effettivo (actual cost, real cost), costo di acquisto (cost of acquisition, initial costs). (various references)

Pig Latin		istoricalhay ostcay

Portuguese		custo real,custo � posteriori, custo de aquisição (cost of acquisition, initial costs). (various references)

Swedish		startkostnad (cost of acquisition, initial costs), efterkalkylerad kostnad, anskaffningskostnad (acquisition). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: HISTORICAL COST

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-h-i-i-l-o-o-r-s-s-t-t"
	-3 letters: scholiastic.
	-4 letters: catholicoi, catholicos, coloristic, historical, isocaloric, ochlocrats, scholastic, shirttails, solicitors, stochastic.
	-5 letters: acroliths, acrostics, ahistoric, catholics, chartists, chiliasts, chloritic, chlorosis, chlorotic, coistrils, colorists, cortisols, halitosis, isolators, isostatic, isotactic, lotharios, ochlocrat, orthotics, otolithic, scholiast, scoliotic, shirttail, shortlist, socialist, solicitor, tristichs, trochaics.
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