(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.
Expenses Do Not Equal Economic Reality. Because of the cost principle and inflation, the expenses shown on the income statement reflect old costs. For example, assume that a company is operating a forty-year-old manufacturing plant that had a cost of $400,000.