capitalized cost definition

capitalized cost

Expense recorded as the cost of a fixed asset. Such costs are written off as depreciation over several accounting periods, instead of being charged-off as an expense in the accounting period in which they are incurred.

capitalized cost is in the Accounting & Auditing and Banking, Commerce & Finance subjects.

capitalized cost appears in the definition of the following term: capitalize

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