fixed cost
noun1
Accounting, Business, Finance In plural A cost of business which does not vary with output or sales; an overhead.
- Rent is a fixed cost.
- Our fixed costs are too high.
1 more example
- "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. [...]"1962 December, “Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 376: