fixed cost

noun

fixed cost

noun
1

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:

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