kustannuksen

Kustannuksen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun kustannus, which means cost or expense. It is used in economic, accounting, and budgeting language to refer to a monetary outlay necessary for goods, services, or operations. The genitive form kustannuksen signals possession or attribution, and it appears in compounds such as kustannuksen hallinta (cost control) or kustannuksen nousu (an increase in cost).

Grammatical notes: Kustannus belongs to Finnish nouns that form the genitive singular with -n, giving kustannuksen. The plural genitive is kustannusten. In sentences, kustannuksen is used to modify another noun or to express possession, as in “kustannuksen arvo” (the value of the cost) or in phrases describing specific costs in budgets or reports.

Usage and context: In accounting and business texts, kustannus and its inflected forms describe fixed costs (kiinteät kustannukset) and variable costs (muuttuvat kustannukset), as well as broader concepts like kustannuslaskenta (cost accounting) and kustannusarvio (cost estimate). The term appears in tables, charts, and narratives that report, compare, or forecast expenses.

Origin: The Finnish kustannus is of Swedish origin, from kostnad, reflecting historical loanwords in Finnish accounting and commerce. The genitive kustannuksen is one of several inflected forms used to build noun phrases in Finnish.