Definitions for cost accountant
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
cost′ account`ing(n.)
an accounting system that analyzes the cost of items involved in production.
Category: Business
Origin of cost accounting:
1910–15
cost′ account`ant(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
cost accountant(noun)
a specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production
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