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5 Examples of Prospective Costs

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Prospective cost is a future expenditure or past cost that can be recovered. In other words, it is any cost that can be altered by your current or future decisions and strategies. Prospective costs can be contrasted with sunk costs, a past cost that can't be recovered.

Examples

Land that can be sold after a development project fails.
Cutting back on advertising when products sales are lower than expected.
A retail shop that cuts back on shifts when a recession hits.
A contingent workforce that can be released when a project fails.
Inventory that can be sold at a clearance price to make way for a new product line.

Value

Making decisions based on costs that you can change as opposed to sunk costs that are already unrecoverable.
Overview: Prospective Cost
Type
Definition (1)
A future expenditure or past cost that can be recovered.
Definition (2)
A cost that is within your power to change within the context of a decision or strategy.
Value
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