fixed cost

English

Noun

fixed cost (plural fixed costs)

(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

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