cost vs unit cost

unit cost vs cost

cost and unit cost both are nouns.

cost is a verb but unit cost is not a verb.

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

As nouns, unit cost is a hyponym of cost; that is, unit 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
unit cost: calculated cost for a given unit of a product

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, replacement cost, physical value, reproduction cost, damage, price, terms, price, opportunity cost, portage, charge, transaction cost, cost of quality, quality cost, direct cost.

cost (noun)	unit cost (noun)
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)	calculated cost for a given unit of a product
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)	unit cost (verb)
be priced at
require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice

Difference between cost and unit cost

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