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marginal cost

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
marginal -cost
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The increase in cost that accompanies a unit increase in output; the unit cost of that additional output; the partial derivative of the cost function with respect to output.

noun

Synonym of break-even point.

Inflected Forms

marginal costs (plural)

Phrases

marginal cost of capital

Synonyms

break-even point incremental cost differential cost

Questions

What does marginal cost mean?
The increase in cost that accompanies a unit increase in output; the unit cost of that additional output; the partial derivative of the cost function with respect to output.

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