cost vs replacement cost

replacement cost vs cost

cost and replacement cost both are nouns.

cost is a verb but replacement cost is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cost	Yes	No	Yes	No
replacement cost	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, replacement cost is a hyponym of cost; that is, replacement cost is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cost:

cost: the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
replacement cost: current cost of replacing a fixed asset with a new one of equal effectiveness

Other hyponyms of cost include disbursal, disbursement, expense, capital expenditure, payment, ransom, ransom money, cost overrun, cost of living, borrowing cost, distribution cost, handling charge, handling cost, marketing cost, production cost, physical value, reproduction cost, unit cost, damage, price, terms, price, opportunity cost, portage, charge, transaction cost, cost of quality, quality cost, direct cost.

cost (noun)	replacement cost (noun)
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)	current cost of replacing a fixed asset with a new one of equal effectiveness
value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor

cost (verb)	replacement cost (verb)
be priced at
require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice

Difference between cost and replacement cost

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