marginal costing

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a method of cost accounting and decision making used for internal reporting in which only marginal costs are charged to cost units and fixed costs are treated as a lump sumCompare absorption costing

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Words nearby marginal costing

Margie, margin, margin account, marginal, marginal cost, marginal costing, marginal gyrus, marginalia, marginalization, marginalize, marginalized

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How to use marginal costing in a sentence

Both are considered marginal figures in the House GOP caucus and have no real base of support for their respective bids.
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The tour ended up costing us $147,802 to produce and execute.
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Our lawyer, Kia Kamran, declined his commission because he knew how much the tour was costing us.
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And the support of prisons and prisoners is costing taxpayers as much as $74 billion a year.
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Almost 80 years ago, the controversy it raised came close to costing its composer his life.
When Stalin Met Lady Macbeth|Brian Moynahan|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is protected by a stupendous granite breakwater, costing many millions and affording a delightful promenade on a fine day.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
English avoirdupois, costing from one dollar and three-quarters to two dollars and a half.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
This section is not expressly confined to wandering persons, but the marginal note confines it to the "occasional poor."
English Poor Law Policy|Sidney Webb
Postmarginal vein a little longer than the slender, curved stigmal, about a third the length of the marginal.
Journal of Entomology and Zoology, March 1917|Various
The Bishop sometimes preached here; and on one occasion the vestry treated his lordship to a rundlett of sack, costing £1.
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