Suppose Gabby decides to make beef barley soup. Which result would be a cost?
Gabby will spend more time making the beef barley soup than she would have spent making the vegetable soup. The beef barley soup will be tastier than the vegetable soup would have been.
Gabby is deciding whether to make beef barley soup or vegetable soup for dinner. She wants dinner to be as tasty as possible. But she is also hungry and wants to eat soon.
Before you decide to do something, it is often helpful to list costs and benefits.
Costs are what you give up or spend when you decide to do something. Costs involve giving up things that you want or need.
Benefits are what you gain or save when you decide to do something. Benefits involve gaining something that you want or need.
This result is a cost. It involves giving up or spending something that Gabby wants or needs:
Gabby will spend more time making the beef barley soup than she would have spent making the vegetable soup.