"variable cost" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: variable costs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} variable cost (plural variable costs)
  1. (accounting) A cost that changes with the change in volume of activity of an organization. Categories (topical): Accounting Coordinate_terms: fixed cost, semi-variable cost Translations (cost that changes with volume of production): muuttuva kustannus (Finnish), coût variable [masculine] (French), koszt zmienny [masculine] (Polish), aliging halaga (Tagalog)

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