weighted-average cost of capital

weighted-average cost of capital
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. <! For each of n sources of capital i, with cost k and proportional share of total capital w:

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