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''Management accounting''. | ''Management accounting''. | ||
The margin of safety is the extent to which sales may fall below their existing level before the break-even point is reached. | The margin of safety is the extent to which sales may fall below their existing level before the break-even point is reached. | ||
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More generally, the extent to which any key variable or input can fall below its current or planned level, without endangering the entity or project under review. | More generally, the extent to which any key variable or input can fall below its current or planned level, without endangering the entity or project under review. | ||
Also known as the Safety margin. | |||
''Also known as the Safety margin.'' | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Break even point]] | * [[Break even point]] | ||
Revision as of 09:38, 22 August 2013
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Management accounting.
The margin of safety is the extent to which sales may fall below their existing level before the break-even point is reached.
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More generally, the extent to which any key variable or input can fall below its current or planned level, without endangering the entity or project under review.
Also known as the Safety margin.
