Antonyms for opportunity costop·por·tu·nity cost

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1. opportunity costnoun

   Synonyms:
   economic cost

2. opportunity costnoun

   The cost of an opportunity forgone (and the loss of the benefits that could be received from that opportunity); the most valuable forgone alternative.

   Synonyms:
   economic cost

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Princeton's WordNet

1. opportunity costnoun

   cost in terms of foregoing alternatives

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. opportunity benefit

   where a change in the actions of an economic agent results in resources being freed up for alternative uses, with no additional cost.

   moving from a fixed exchange rate regime to one of floating exchange rates frees up currency reserves for a central bank.

   Submitted by JP03 on February 5, 2015  

2. opportunity returns

   the returns enjoyed from the action taken

   buy a muffin, 3 times a week, for a year, or invest the money. opportunity cost: lost appreciation of money invested instead of being spent on muffin opportunity returns: full stomach and enjoyment of muffin(s)

   Submitted by rinat on April 28, 2016  

How to use opportunity cost in a sentence?

1. Esfandyar Batmanghelidj:

   At best, Russia can aim to demonstrate resilience to sanctions, but that just means staving a runaway economic collapse, this is why the real cost of sanctions is an opportunity cost of forgone growth.

2. Michael Waltz:

   I'm worried about the macro aggressions, everything, when Fox News comes to training, is an opportunity cost. Every hour, every day you're spending training on this stuff, you're not training on all the other things we need that I would argue would be a higher priority to fight and win wars.

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