FIXED COST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fixed cost mean? 

• FIXED COST (noun)
  The noun FIXED COST has 1 sense:

1. a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.)

  Familiarity information: FIXED COST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIXED COST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

fixed charge; fixed cost; fixed costs

Hypernyms ("fixed cost" is a kind of...):

charge (the price charged for some article or service)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fixed cost"):

cover; cover charge (a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink)

interest (a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed)

fee (a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services)

due (a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership))