Meanings
plural fixed costs
- in pluralaccountingA cost of business which does not vary with output or sales; an overhead.
Rent is a fixed cost.
2 more examples
Our fixed costs are too high.
"Railways have to bear the very high fixed costs associated with the provision and maintenance of a specialised route system for their own exclusive use. [...]"
1962 December, “Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 376
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 固定成本
- 固定成本 (gùdìng chéngběn)cost that does not vary
Czech fixní náklad
- fixní nákladcost that does not vary
Finnish kiinteä kustannus
- kiinteä kustannuscost that does not vary
French coût fixe
- coût fixecost that does not vary
Polish koszt stały
- koszt stałycost that does not vary
Cite this entry
fixed cost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fixed%20cost
“fixed cost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fixed%20cost. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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