"unit cost" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: unit costs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} unit cost (plural unit costs)
  1. The cost to acquire a unit of a good or service for a specific quantity that is produced or purchased. (For example, if it costs the baker 1000 pesos to produce a batch of biscuits that weigh 50 kilos, then their unit cost per kilo is 20 pesos.) Wikipedia link: unit cost Categories (topical): Business, Economics Translations (unit cost): preu unitari [masculine] (Catalan)

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