The cost a company has to pay in terms of time and money to switch from one vendor's product or service to another product or service.
Example: The company wanted to migrate to a new database for their application, but there were high switching costs so they decided to delay the migration until next year.
Variations: switching cost
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Question: What does "Calendar Invite" mean?
(A) When a person wants to meet with you next week.
(B) An email sent to schedule a meeting with the option to either accept or decline the meeting at the scheduled time.
(C) When a person has available time on their calendar to meet with you.
(D) When a person does not have any time to meet with you.
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Date: 09/21/2024
Word: Close It Out
Definition: To mark something as completed.
Example: This task has been fixed, so let's close it out within the task tracker.
"Switching Costs." Jargonism.com Dictionary, https://jargonism.com/words/1373. Accessed 09/21/2024.