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factor cost

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noun

  1. (in social accounting) valuation of goods and services at their overall commercial cost, including markups but excluding indirect taxes and subsidies

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In theory, you're supposed to multiply these three factors - species value, biodiversity benefits and probability of success - and divide the product by the fourth factor: cost.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2011

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