increase in cost

  • 111incremental cost — noun the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output • Syn: ↑marginal cost, ↑differential cost • Hypernyms: ↑monetary value, ↑price, ↑cost …

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  • 112marginal cost — noun the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑incremental cost, ↑differential cost • Hypernyms: ↑monetary value, ↑price, ↑cost …

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  • 113Prime Cost — A business’s expenses for the materials and labor it uses in production. Prime cost is a way of measuring the total cost of the production inputs needed to create a given output. By analyzing its prime costs, a company can determine how… …

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  • 114marginal cost — insignificant cost, small expense; increase or decrease in total cost as the result of a change in the number of output units …

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  • 115Variable Cost — A corporate expense that varies with production output. Variable costs are those costs that vary depending on a company s production volume; they rise as production increases and fall as production decreases. Variable costs differ from fixed… …

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  • 116marginal cost — 1. The incremental increase in total *variable and *fixed costs arising from the manufacture of an additional unit of production. 2. A British term for *variable cost …

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  • 117semi-variable cost — /ˌsemi ˌveəriəb(ə)l kɒst/ noun money paid to produce a product which increases, though less than proportionally, with the quantity of the product made ● Stepping up production will mean an increase in semi variable costs. Also called semi fixed… …

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  • 118Capacity Cost — A fixed expense incurred by a company or organization in order to provide for or increase its ability to conduct business operations. Capacity costs generally do not vary with production levels and can be reduced or avoided only by shutting down… …

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  • 119Current Cost of Supplies - CCS — This refers to the net income of a company after taking into account the increase (or decrease) in expenses over the reporting period. It is typically used by commodity reliant businesses. You will quite often find this term used in the energy… …

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  • 120valuation opportunity cost — The potential increase in firm value associated with investments that are for gone due to capital rationing. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

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