fixed cost

English

Noun

fixed cost (plural fixed costs)

1. (accounting, chiefly in the plural) A cost of business which does not vary with output or sales; an overhead.

   Coordinate term: variable cost

   Rent is a fixed cost.

   Our fixed costs are too high.

   • 1962 December, “Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 376:

     "Railways have to bear the very high fixed costs associated with the provision and maintenance of a specialised route system for their own exclusive use. [...]"

Translations

cost that does not vary

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 固定成本 (gùdìng chéngběn)

• Czech: fixní náklad m
• Finnish: kiinteä kustannus
• French: coût fixe (fr) m
• Polish: koszt stały m