"marginal cost" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: marginal costs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} marginal cost (plural marginal costs)
  1. (economics) The increase in cost that accompanies a unit increase in output; the unit cost of that additional output; the partial derivative of the cost function with respect to output. Categories (topical): Economics Derived forms: marginal cost of capital Translations (additional unit production cost): mezní náklady [masculine, plural] (Czech), rajakustannus (Finnish), marginaalikustannus (Finnish), coût marginal [masculine] (French), határköltség (Hungarian), koszt krańcowy [masculine] (Polish), преде́льные изде́ржки (predélʹnyje izdéržki) [plural] (Russian), karagdagang halaga (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-marginal_cost-en-noun-yY1Xhf6H Topics: economics, sciences Disambiguation of 'additional unit production cost': 95 5
  2. (metonymically) Synonym of break-even point. Tags: metonymically Synonyms: break-even point [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-marginal_cost-en-noun-bEVIJgZn Categories (other): English metonyms, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 32 68

Inflected forms

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