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Noun
en-noun|sgweighted-average cost of capital|plweighted-average costs of capital

1. A calculation of the overall cost of capital used by an enterprise, made by totalling the cost of each source of capital used multiplied by its proportional share of the total capital used. Abbreviation: WACC.

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http://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/wacc.asp

• 2007-02-20 16:46 - Paul G - commented out equation (this repeats the definition and is unintelligible unless you have the maths to understand it)

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