economy of scale

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

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Words nearby economy of scale

economizer, Economo's disease, economy, economy class, economy-class syndrome, economy of scale, economy-size, ecophysiology, ecopolitics, écorché, ecoregion

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Example sentences from the Web for economy of scale

The most recent activity had a high point of 3.6 on the Richter Scale.
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Unlike the Soviet Union at a certain period in history, the Russian economy does not hold a candle to that of the United States.
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Nothing in it was meant to change the basic operations of the capitalist economy or to intervene aggressively in class relations.
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The economy has begun to add jobs, but the quality of those jobs is an increasing concern.
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So did Alexander Hamilton, and on a grander scale than your AmEx.
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On a small scale map, in an office, you may make mole-hills of mountains; on the ground there's no escaping from its features.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Free discussion—never a very free thing in Russia—has now on any general scale become quite impossible.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
But consider what it will be when the system is adopted on a more comprehensive scale.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
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If only India were pulling her weight for us on the same scale, we should by now be before the gates of Vienna.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton

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