"sunk cost" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sunk costs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sunk cost (plural sunk costs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Economics",
          "orig": "en:Economics",
          "parents": [
            "Social sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cost that has already been incurred and which cannot be recovered to any significant degree."
      ],
      "id": "en-sunk_cost-en-noun-rP6U3Pm6",
      "links": [
        [
          "economics",
          "economics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(economics) A cost that has already been incurred and which cannot be recovered to any significant degree."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "economics",
        "science",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "already incurred costs",
          "word": "沉沒成本"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chénmò chéngběn",
          "sense": "already incurred costs",
          "word": "沉没成本"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "already incurred costs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "utopené náklady"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "already incurred costs",
          "word": "upotettu kustannus"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "already incurred costs",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "versunkene Kosten"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "already incurred costs",
          "word": "elsüllyedt költség"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "already incurred costs",
          "word": "埋没費用"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "maemolbiyong",
          "sense": "already incurred costs",
          "word": "매몰비용"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nevozvrátnaja zatráta",
          "sense": "already incurred costs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "невозвра́тная затра́та"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "already incurred costs",
          "word": "nepovratan trošak"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "already incurred costs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "costo hundido"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "sunk cost"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sunk cost"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sunk costs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sunk cost (plural sunk costs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Economics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cost that has already been incurred and which cannot be recovered to any significant degree."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "economics",
          "economics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(economics) A cost that has already been incurred and which cannot be recovered to any significant degree."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "economics",
        "science",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "sunk cost"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "already incurred costs",
      "word": "沉沒成本"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chénmò chéngběn",
      "sense": "already incurred costs",
      "word": "沉没成本"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "already incurred costs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "utopené náklady"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "already incurred costs",
      "word": "upotettu kustannus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "already incurred costs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "versunkene Kosten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "already incurred costs",
      "word": "elsüllyedt költség"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "already incurred costs",
      "word": "埋没費用"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "maemolbiyong",
      "sense": "already incurred costs",
      "word": "매몰비용"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nevozvrátnaja zatráta",
      "sense": "already incurred costs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "невозвра́тная затра́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "already incurred costs",
      "word": "nepovratan trošak"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "already incurred costs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "costo hundido"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sunk cost"
}