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Noun: transaction cost
  1. (economics) the cost of participating in a market.
    "The buyer of a used car faces a variety of different transaction costs: the costs of finding a car and determining the car's condition, the costs of negotiating a price with the seller, and the costs of ensuring that the seller delivers the car in the promised condition."

Derived forms: transaction costs

Type of: cost

Encyclopedia: Transaction cost