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acquisition costs (DEFINITION of 'Acquisition Cost' 1. The cost that a company recognizes on its books for property or equipment after adjusting for discounts, incentives, closing costs and other necessary expenditures, but before sales taxes. 2. The cost of a business to acquire a new customer. The company recognizes costs, including marketing and incentives, to introduce new customers to the company's products and services. The customer acquisition cost is calculated by dividing total acquisition costs by total new customers over a set period of time. Also known as "cost of acquisition." Read more:  investopedia.com Alexander Demidov); costs of acquisition (DEFINITION of "Cost Of Acquisition' A business sales term referring to the expense required to attain a customer or a sale. In setting a marketing and sales strategy, a company must decide what the maximum cost of acquisition will be, which effectively determines the highest amount the company is willing to spend to attain each customer. INVESTOPEDIA EXPLAINS 'Cost Of Acquisition" This cost is tied to marketing and sales campaigns because the more streamlined those campaigns become, the lower the customer cost of acquisition will be. Conversely, in a high-budget marketing and sales campaign, the acquisition cost may be relatively high depending on how many sales or customers the campaign draws in. Read more: investopedia.com Alexander Demidov) |
