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after-cost en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of aftercost.
   alt of aftercost
   • But originality in war does, and slave- owning nations, having time to think, are likely to be more shrewd in policy, and more crafty in strategy. No doubt this momentary gain is bought at a ruinous after-cost. 2010, Walter Bagehot, Physics and Politics, →ISBN, page 73:

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