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The cost of producing a good or service, including the cost of all resources used and the cost of not employing those resources in alternative uses.

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How to use real cost in a sentence

Talk of legalization today has a real cost to our families and families in other places.
Why We Need Medical Meth + Cocaine|Valerie Vande Panne|February 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The real cost of the tablet is $40 but the Ministry of Education is subsidizing half the price.
DataWind Prepared $20 Tablet Computer for Indian Market|Nina Strochlic|January 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The questions now are: What was the real cost of these wars to the Arab world and its people.
Who's the Real Enemy of the Arab World?|David Frum|October 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But mainly they want to get their way without any real cost.
War Looms for Obama in Iran, Syria, and North Korea|Leslie H. Gelb|April 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Henri named an extremely low figure—an exact fourth, to be accurate, of its real cost.
The Amazing Interlude|Mary Roberts Rinehart
If the entrepreneurs were to sell the surplus product at its real cost of production they would have to give it away.
Landmarks of Scientific Socialism|Friedrich Engels
At least the depreciation should be figured on a basis of $3,400.00, the real cost of the machine.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration v. 2|Various
But does this money cost to the individual correspond to, and measure, any real cost to the community as a whole?
Supply and Demand|Hubert D. Henderson
The real cost in actual continued working is believed to be very much in excess of that figure where average conditions exist.
The A B C of Mining|Charles A. Bramble