機き会かい費ひ用よう

noun

opportunity cost

Economics term for the value of the next best alternative foregone when making a choice.

• 大だい学がくに進しん学がくする機き会かい費ひ用ようには、就しゅう職しょくして得えられたはずの収しゅう入にゅうも含ふくまれる。

  The opportunity cost of attending university includes the income you could have earned by working.