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economy of scale

noun

economics a fall in average costs resulting from an increase in the scale of production

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Nearby words

economize, economizer, economo's disease, economy, economy class, economy of scale, economy-class syndrome, economy-size, ecophysiology, ecopolitics, ecoregion
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