(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.
Expense Accounts. Expenses refer to costs incurred in conducting business. Technically, expenses are decreases in economic benefits during the accounting period in the form of decreases in assets or increases in liabilities that result in decreases in equity, other than those relating to distributions to equity participants.