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<p>Thus, opportunity costs are not restricted to monetary or financial costs: the <a href="page.php?w=Real_versus_nominal_value_%28economics%29">real cost</a> of <a href="page.php?w=Production-possibility_frontier">output forgone</a>, lost time, pleasure, or any other benefit that provides <a href="page.php?w=utility">utility</a> should also be considered an opportunity cost.</p>

<p><big>Types</big></p>
<p><big>Explicit costs</big></p>
<p><a href="page.php?w=Explicit_cost">Explicit cost</a>s are the direct costs of an action (business operating costs or expenses),</p><p>
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