"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 purchased. Wikipedia link: unit cost Categories (topical): Business, Economics Translations (unit cost): preu unitari [masculine] (Catalan)

Inflected forms

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