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noun Economics.
the cost of one additional unit of any item produced or bought in quantity.
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Origin of marginal cost
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby marginal cost
Margherita, Margie, margin, margin account, marginal, marginal cost, marginal costing, marginal gyrus, marginalia, marginalization, marginalize
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Cultural definitions for marginal cost
marginal cost
The change in total cost of production when an output is varied by one unit.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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