EffectiveCost

EffectiveCost represents the amortized economic cost of a charge after spreading applicable commitment purchases or discounts. It can differ from BilledCost even when both describe the same consumption.

Comparing the two separates invoiced cash timing from the period economics of consumed resources.

In Meridian, EffectiveCost maps to the stored amortized-cost view alongside the billed amount.

Related terms

• Agent spend attribution
• Agent FinOps vs. TokenOps
• Settlement vs. billing vs. attribution
• System of record for AI labor
• Agent FinOps
• AI labor
• Spend under management
• Attribution readiness
• Cost per outcome
• AI spend assessment
• Unattributed spend
• Agent inventory
• Chargeback in an AI context
• Zero-Access assessment
• FOCUS
• BilledCost
• ChargeCategory
• ChargePeriod
• ServiceCategory
• Provider, Publisher, ServiceProvider, and HostProvider
• Contract Commitment dataset
• Invoice Detail dataset
• Virtual currency and token columns
• Journal entry
• Suspense account
• Accrual
• Chargeback vs. showback
• Subledger
• Tie-out and reconciliation
• Trial balance
• Dimensions and worktags
• OASA specification
• The Missing Ledger