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sunk cost

cost that has already been incurred and cannot be recovered
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sunk cost

Summary

sunk cost ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,944 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sunk cost is a type of monetary cost[2].
  • sunk cost is part of availability heuristic[3].
  • sunk cost is the opposite of prospective cost[4].
  • sunk cost's described by source is recorded as Maot[5].

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Definition and Type

sunk cost is a type of monetary cost[2]. It is the opposite of prospective cost[4].

Use and Application

sunk cost is part of availability heuristic[3].

Why It Matters

sunk cost ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,944 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

Related Entities

Maot

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . fs.blog. fs.blog. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). sunk cost. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sunk-cost
MLA “sunk cost.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/sunk-cost.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sunk-cost_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sunk cost}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sunk-cost}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Part of → availability heuristic
    Opposite of → prospective cost
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007561525705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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