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noun

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

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How to use fixed cost in a sentence

Companies felt pressed to champion agile strategies in a competitive market and looked to the gig economy for the answer, minimizing fixed costs in the process.
Breaking old habits: Hybrid-working setups call for different ways of communicating|Jessica Davies|August 27, 2021|Digiday
In addition to the usual suspects of fixed costs — insurance, taxes, bank charges, POS, garbage, dishwasher, $9,000 monthly rent, hood cleaning, phone, loan repayments, and so on — Reem’s folds salaried management into this bracket.
How an SF Restaurant Can Turn a Profit — Even With 40 Percent Labor Costs|Corey Mintz|July 13, 2021|Eater
Lower the fixed costs and the enormous bureaucracy founders face when spinning off.
Germany’s VC industry is ready to take off, but bureaucrats need to release the handbrake|Annie Siebert|July 9, 2021|TechCrunch
One set of fixed cost is all of the R&D—you need to come up with the chip’s ideas.
From Cars to Toasters, America's Semiconductor Shortage Is Wreaking Havoc on Our Lives. Can We Fix It?|Andrew Blum|June 28, 2021|Time

Doing so could mean more fixed costs at a time when companies wanted costs that could be dialed up and down in response to an unpredictable market.
Brands rethink their in-housing plans after tactic was ‘put on ice’ amid pandemic|Seb Joseph|April 20, 2021|Digiday
Using standard methods, the cost of printing DNA could run upwards of a billion dollars or more, depending on the strand.
Design Your Own Dinosaur: The Era of Custom DNA|Justin Jones|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“The sensation these objects presented receded as their cost increased,” notes Rabinowitz.
How Pulp Fiction Saved Literature|Wendy Smith|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Like him, they identified the Airbus A320 as an airplane extremely well fitted to low cost airline operations in Asia.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Malaysian-based entrepreneur Tony Fernandes has turned AirAsia into the most successful low cost airline in southeast Asia.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But the F-35 has been plagued with massive delays and cost overruns—mostly due to design defects and software issues.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mrs. Wurzel was quite right; they had been supplied, regardless of cost, from Messrs. Rochet and Stole's well-known establishment.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
As men fixed in the grip of nightmare, we were powerless—unable to do anything but wait.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Her eyes, for a moment, fixed themselves with a horrid conviction of a wide and nameless treachery.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
The Princess still kept her eyes fixed on Louis, while, in a suppressed and unsteady voice, she answered her governess.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
She kept her eyes fixed steadily on his, saying what followed gently, calmly, yet as though another woman spoke the words.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood