"economies of scale" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: economy of scale [singular]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p|sg=economy of scale}} economies of scale pl (normally plural, singular economy of scale)
  1. (economics) The characteristics of a production process in which an increase in the scale of the firm causes a decrease in the long run average cost of each unit. Tags: plural, plural-normally Categories (topical): Economics Related terms: returns to scale Translations (the characteristics of a production process): մասշտաբի էֆեկտ (masštabi ēfekt) (Armenian), 規模經濟 (Chinese Mandarin), 规模经济 (guīmó jīngjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 規模效益 (Chinese Mandarin), 规模效益 (guīmó xiàoyì) (Chinese Mandarin), schaalvoordeel [neuter] (Dutch), mittakaavaetu (Finnish), skaalaetu (Finnish), suurtuotannon etu (Finnish), suuruuden ekonomia (Finnish), économies d’échelle [feminine, plural] (French), Skalenerträge [feminine, plural] (German), Skaleneffekte [masculine, plural] (German), οικονομίες κλίμακας (oikonomíes klímakas) [feminine, plural] (Greek), méretgazdaságosság (Hungarian), stærðarhagkvæmni [feminine] (Icelandic), barainneacht scála [feminine] (Irish), economie di scala [feminine, plural] (Italian), stordriftsfordel [masculine] (Norwegian), korzyści skali [feminine, plural] (Polish), эффе́кт масшта́ба (effékt masštába) [masculine] (Russian), economía de escala [feminine] (Spanish), stordriftsfördel [common-gender] (Swedish), ефе́кт масшта́бу (efékt masštábu) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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