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  • 11sunk cost fallacy — UK US noun [S] ECONOMICS, MANAGEMENT ► the idea that a company or organization is more likely to continue with a project if they have already invested a lot of money, time, or effort in it, even when continuing is not the best thing to do:… …

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  • 12sunk|en — «SUHNG kuhn», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. that has sunk in water: »a sunken ship. 2. submerged; under water: »a sunken rock. 3. situated below the general level: »a sunken living room, a sunken garden. 4. fa …

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  • 13Sunk Rock Lighthouse — is one of the three lighthouses in the Mumbai harbour off the coast of Mumbai, India. It is a red yellow chequered tower. Swimming races are often held between the Gateway of India and the Lighthouse, a distance of 5 kilometres (3 statute miles) …

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  • 14sunk — [sʌŋk] the past tense and past participle of ↑sink 1 …

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  • 15sunk — the past tense and past participle of sink1 …

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  • 16sunk fence — sunk′ fence′ n. bui a wall or other barrier set in a ditch to divide lands without marring the landscape Also called ha ha II Etymology: 1755–65 …

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  • 17sunk — [suŋk] vi., vt. pp. & alt. pt. of SINK adj. 1. SUNKEN 2. Informal utterly ruined; undone …

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  • 18Sunk costs — In economics and business decision making, sunk costs are retrospective (past) costs that have already been incurred and cannot be recovered. Sunk costs are sometimes contrasted with prospective costs, which are future costs that may be incurred… …

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  • 19Sunk Island — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 53.652384 longitude= 0.084397 official name= Sunk Island population= 224 (2001 census) civil parish= Sunk Island unitary england = East Riding of Yorkshire region= Yorkshire and the Humber lieutenancy… …

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  • 20Sunk cost dilemma — The sunk cost dilemma has been described by Oliver F. Lehmann as a situation in a one player game (like jigsaw puzzles, sudoku, solitaire, Rubik s Cube, slot machines) which consists of a sequence of good decisions that finally lead to an overall …

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