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Definition of Fixed cost
1. Noun. A periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.).
Generic synonyms: Charge
Specialized synonyms: Cover, Cover Charge, Interest, Fee, Due
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fixed Cost
Literary usage of Fixed cost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Convention by National Electric Light Association Convention, National Independent Meat Packers Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, University of Georgia Dept. of Food Science (1902)
"AVERAGE CONSUMPTION PER LAMP PER YEAR The average consumption must be considered,
as the last item is a fixed cost per lamp per year. ..."
2. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"Cost of wheelbarrow work (wages, 15* per hr): To a fixed cost of cu yd add ...
To determine total cost, ad< per cu yd per ioo-ft haul to the fixed cost of ..."
3. Cotton Ginners Handbook edited by W. S. Anthony, William D. Mayfield (1995)
"However, gin size must not be increased before volume increases; otherwise, costs
per bale would increase due to high fixed cost. The effects of gin size ..."
4. Handbook of Mechanical and Electrical Cost Data: Giving Shipping Weights by Halbert Powers Gillette, Richard Turner Dana (1918)
"Production Cost of a given plant may be regarded as being composed of two classes
of cost items: (1) fixed cost, and (2) Variable Cost fixed cost includes ..."
5. Electric Railway Handbook: A Reference Book of Practice Data, Formulas and by Albert Sutton Richey, William Charles Greenough (1915)
"The fixed cost includes traveling the extra distance and the slower speed ...
This would change the rule to: To a fixed cost of 4 cents per cubk yard add 3 ..."
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