Definitions for cost accounting

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

cost′ account`ing(n.)

  1. 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

  1. cost accounting(noun)

    keeping account of the costs of items in production


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