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noun

a cost that varies with a change in the volume of output while remaining uniform on a per-unit basis, as cost of labor (distinguished from fixed cost).

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How to use variable cost in a sentence

Using standard methods, the cost of printing DNA could run upwards of a billion dollars or more, depending on the strand.
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“The sensation these objects presented receded as their cost increased,” notes Rabinowitz.
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Like him, they identified the Airbus A320 as an airplane extremely well fitted to low cost airline operations in Asia.
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Malaysian-based entrepreneur Tony Fernandes has turned AirAsia into the most successful low cost airline in southeast Asia.
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But the F-35 has been plagued with massive delays and cost overruns—mostly due to design defects and software issues.
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Mrs. Wurzel was quite right; they had been supplied, regardless of cost, from Messrs. Rochet and Stole's well-known establishment.
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They feel that the system has few advantages to offer in return for the cost it entails upon them.
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He became a doctor in two hours, and it only cost him twenty dollars to complete his education.
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It is small in cloudy swelling from toxins and drugs, and variable in renal tuberculosis and neoplasms.
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The estimated cost of the alterations is put at £16,000 including fittings.
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British Dictionary definitions for variable cost

variable cost

noun

a cost that varies directly with output

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