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* [[Operational gearing]]
* [[Operational gearing]]
* [[Opportunity cost]]
* [[Opportunity cost]]
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* [[Overheads]]
* [[Semi-fixed cost]]
* [[Semi-fixed cost]]
* [[Semi-variable cost]]
* [[Semi-variable cost]]

Latest revision as of 16:55, 10 August 2021

Cost and management accounting.

A fixed cost is a cost which stays the same regardless of the level of production or other activity.

Contrasted with a variable cost.


Variable costs are generally easier to change - especially to reduce - when necessary, compared with fixed costs.

Therefore a lower-risk operational strategy is normally to have a lower proportion of fixed costs in the total cost structure, and a higher proportion of variable costs.

This proportion is sometimes known as operational gearing.


See also