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1below-cost price — ➔ price1 * * * below cost price UK US noun [C] COMMERCE, MARKETING ► a price for a product or service that is less than the cost of producing it: »A spokesman added that some competitors may well sell tickets at below cost prices …
2Prices of production — refers to a concept in Karl Marx s critique of political economy. It is introduced in the third volume of Das Kapital, where Marx considers the operation of capitalist production as the unity of a production process and a circulation process… …
3cost price — cost prices N VAR: oft at N If something is sold at cost price, it is sold for the same price as it cost the seller to buy it. [BRIT] ...a factory shop where you can buy very fashionable shoes at cost price... The shop claims to have sold… …
4cost — The opposite of revenue. An expense that reflects the price of purchasing goods, services and financial instruments. A cash cost means that cash is given up today to the purchase. Also, the purchase price of an investment, which is compared to… …
5Below the line (advertising) — Below the line (BTL), Above the line (ATL), and Through the Line (TTL), in organisational business and marketing communications, are advertising techniques.Promotion can be loosely classified as above the line or below the line .Promotional… …
6Cost curve — In economics, a cost curve is a graph of the costs of production as a function of total quantity produced. In a free market economy, productively efficient firms use these curves to find the optimal point of production (minimising cost), and… …
7Cost accounting — Accountancy Key concepts Accountant · Accounting period · Bookkeeping · Cash and accrual basis · Cash flow management · Chart of accounts  …
8Cost of electricity by source — The cost of electricity generated by different sources measures the cost of generating electricity including initial capital, return on investment, as well as the costs of continuous operation, fuel, and maintenance. The price is normally… …
9Historical cost — Accountancy Key concepts Accountant · Accounting period · Bookkeeping · Cash and accrual basis · Cash flow management · Chart of accounts  …
10Marginal cost — A typical marginal cost curve with marginal revenue overlaid In economics and finance, marginal cost is the change in total cost that arises when the quantity produced changes by one unit. That is, it is the cost of producing one more unit of a… …
