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fixed cost

American  

noun

  1. a cost unvarying with a change in the volume of business (distinguished from variable cost).


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That’s basically a fixed cost for me, but the amount of help my two kids might need after they graduate college is controllable.

From MarketWatch Apr. 22, 2026

Child care is a large but temporary fixed cost that arrives before careers have fully matured.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

The company said on Wednesday evening it wanted to reduce its "fixed cost base" and that it will "will work with its social partners to limit the impact by utilising all available social measures".

From BBC Dec. 4, 2024

He said American corporations have largely abandoned traditional pensions, which creates a fixed cost that cannot be reduced and becomes a burden in a business downturn.

From Seattle Times Nov. 6, 2023

There is no real fixed "cost" acting as a basis.

From The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice by Leacock, Stephen

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