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Noun: fixed cost  fikst kóst
  1. A periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance, rent or mortgage payments etc.)
    "Rent is a major fixed cost for the small business"; "The company struggled to cover its fixed costs during the economic downturn";
    - fixed charge, fixed costs

Derived forms: fixed costs

Type of: charge

Encyclopedia: Fixed cost