Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• EXTERNALIZATION
  
  The offsetting of costs onto society at large, as in the externalization of costs related to the health care impact of tobacco related products onto the public at large. Externalized costs do not appear on earnings statements or balance sheets, but nevertheless may impact the sustainability of the firms earnings.
  
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