(up) to the hilt. âº Something that is done (up) to the hilt is done completely and without any limits: The government is already borrowing up to the hilt. (Definition of â(up) to the hiltâ from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press) Translations of â(up) to the hiltâ.
accounting cost - actual expenses, plus depreciation. 1  more concerned with past performance. 2  depreciation expenses calculated for capital equipment.  more connected to the IRS than economic cost.
Costs should be expensed when they are used up or have expired and when they have no future economic value which can be measured. For example, the August salaries of a company's marketing team should be charged to expense in August since the future economic value of their August salaries cannot be determined.