CARRYING CHARGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carrying charge mean? 

• CARRYING CHARGE (noun)
  The noun CARRYING CHARGE has 2 senses:

1. charge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an installment plan

2. the opportunity cost of unproductive assets; the expense incurred by ownership

  Familiarity information: CARRYING CHARGE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARRYING CHARGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Charge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an installment plan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("carrying charge" is a kind of...):

charge (the price charged for some article or service)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The opportunity cost of unproductive assets; the expense incurred by ownership

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

carrying charge; carrying cost

Hypernyms ("carrying charge" is a kind of...):

opportunity cost (cost in terms of foregoing alternatives)