fixed costs
Britishplural noun
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another name for overheads
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costs that do not vary with output
Example Sentences
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The building, the line and the staff cost the same either way, so those fixed costs now spread across fewer animals.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Yet schools have many fixed costs, such as maintaining, repairing, heating and cooling school buildings, operating cafeterias and managing many administrative functions that cannot easily be scaled down when enrollment declines inevitably reduce funding.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Where a grid has spare capacity and the customer is locked into paying for what it reserved, fixed costs can be spread across more consumption, holding rates down.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
The subdued passenger volumes at Frankfurt Airport coincide with the opening of Terminal 3, which raises fixed costs, Wojahn says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Shortly after sunrise, Armpit opened his book and tried to understand the difference between fixed costs and variable costs.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
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