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Definition of Fixed costs
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
Definition of Fixed costs
1. Noun. (finance) a cost of business which does not vary with output or sales; overheads. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fixed Costs
Literary usage of Fixed costs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Growth of Federal User Charges by Pearl W. Richardson (1994)
"The problem then becomes how to recover fixed costs without completely ...
Other methods of recouping fixed costs include charging prices that exceed ..."
2. Energy Efficiency: Challenges and Trends for Electric Utilities (1994)
"This is shown above as the Intersection of the two lines labeled fixed cost and
contribution to fixed costs and earnings. If sales are lower than assumed ..."
3. Economics by Frank Albert Fetter (1915)
"The total costs of any business are roughly distinguishable as fixed costs (or
fixed charges) and variable costs. fixed costs are those which remain ..."