Associated Costs

Associated costs -

   (1) The price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain something.
   (2) An outlay or expenditure of money, time, labour, trouble, etc. in relation to something.
   (3) A sacrifice, loss, or penalty that occurs in relation to something.

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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 21 November 2012 11:53:37, http://www.nss.gov.au/dataquality/glossary.jsp