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economy of scale

economy of scale is the singular of economies of scale.

Meaning of economies of scale

Noun

economies of scale pl (normally plural, singular economy of scale)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) The characteristics of a production process in which an increase in the scale of the firm causes a decrease in the long run average cost of each unit.
    • When plant size increased from 400 heavy young hens per hour to about 1,500 per hour average costs per pound declined from 6.6 to 5.4 cents per pound. While these costs suggested the existence of economies of scale in processing, they did not provide a standardized measure of the exact nature and...1963, George Burnet Rogers, Costs and Economies of Scale in Turkey Processing Plants, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, page i

Forms of economy of scale

pluraleconomies of scale

Questions about economy of scale

What is economy of scale the singular of?
Economy of scale is the singular of economies of scale.

Words near economy of scale in the dictionary

  1. economy class syndrome
  2. economy classes
  3. economy model
  4. economy models
  5. economy of means
  6. economy of scale
  7. economy picking
  8. economy rate
  9. economy rates
  10. economy rice
  11. economywide

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