deferred acquisition cost

deferred acquisition cost definition - finance
An asset that is accumulated by life insurance companies because they are allowed to spread out the expenses from selling policies, such as commissions, over a multi-year period.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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