unit cost
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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"With fixed costs remaining the same, this leads to very significant unit cost increases," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Rio reported 1H unit cost for the copper business of negative US$0.247/pound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
A penny’s total unit cost in 2024 was $0.0369, while the nickel had an even bigger loss of $0.1378, according to a U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2025
Their research demonstrates that streamlining the lithium refining process could substantially reduce the unit cost of batteries.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2024
Only to a certain extent can the unit cost go down and only to a certain extent can the wages go up....
From The Settlement of Wage Disputes by Herbert Feis
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