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Meaning of stranded costs

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

stranded

verb

Definitions

  1. To run aground; to beach.

  2. To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.

  3. To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.

    Example: Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.

verb

Definitions

  1. To break a strand of (a rope).

  2. To form by uniting strands.

adjective

Definitions

  1. (of a person) Abandoned or marooned.

  2. (of a vessel) Run aground on a shore or reef.

  3. (of a piece of wire) Made by combining or bundling thinner wires.

  4. (of expenses or costs) That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.