My wife and I are having a disagreement as to what it means. She says that it means the cost of something you purchased some time ago, and had you not purchased it the money would be gone anyway.
Basically, 3 years ago we decided to purchase something to hold onto and sell later on when the value goes up. She says that the purchase price can be considered as profit since it was so long ago. I disagreed. Anyway, she calls it “sunk cost”.
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A sunk cost is money that you’ve spent **and cannot get back.** The time frame has nothing to do with it. If you can resell the investment you bought, the cost is not sunk.
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