marginal cost

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

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Culture definitions for marginal cost

marginal cost

The change in total cost of production when an output is varied by one unit.

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