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* [[Correlation]]
* [[Correlation]]
* [[Cost behaviour]]
* [[Cost behaviour]]
* [[Dependent variable]]
* [[Direct costs]]
* [[Direct costs]]
* [[Discrete random variable]]
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* [[Flexible budgeting]]
* [[Flexible budgeting]]
* [[Gearing]]
* [[Gearing]]
* [[Independent variable]]
* [[Indirect costs]]
* [[Indirect costs]]
* [[Input]]
* [[Input]]
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* [[Semi-fixed cost]]
* [[Semi-fixed cost]]
* [[Semi-variable cost]]
* [[Semi-variable cost]]
* [[Volatile]]
* [[Volatility]]
* [[Variability]]
* [[Variable cost]]
* [[Variable cost]]
* [[Variable currency]]
* [[Variable currency]]
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* [[Variable rate]]
* [[Variable rate]]


[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Risk_reporting]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:Risk_reporting]]
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Latest revision as of 03:53, 5 November 2024

1. Income - expenditure - adjective.

Variable costs and income are amounts that can change within a forecasting or review period.

Contrasted with fixed costs and income.


The term "variable" is a relative one, because - when a long enough time frame is considered - most items become variable.


2. Financial maths - noun.

In financial maths, a variable is a number that can take more than one value.

For example, a rate of inflation.


Contrasted with a constant, that - by definition - does not change.


3. Analysis - modelling - inputs - assumptions.

An relevant amount that - if it were to change - would be expected to change the results of analysis or modelling.


See also