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marginal costs

marginal costs is the plural of marginal cost.

Meaning of marginal cost

Noun

marginal cost (plural marginal costs)

  1. 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.
  2. (metonymically) Synonym of break-even point.

Questions about marginal costs

What is marginal costs the plural of?
Marginal costs is the plural of marginal cost.

Words near marginal costs in the dictionary

  1. marginal analysis
  2. marginal benefit
  3. marginal benefits
  4. marginal cost
  5. marginal cost of capital
  6. marginal costs
  7. marginal credit
  8. marginal distribution
  9. marginal distributions
  10. marginal farmer
  11. marginal farmers

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