menu cost

noun

A cost incurred by a firm when it changes its prices.

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Meanings

nounmenu cost (plural menu costs)

plural menu costs

  1. economicsA cost incurred by a firm when it changes its prices.

Origin

From the fact that in the case of a restaurant owner, the only costs of this kind would be those incurred in printing new menus.

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APA

menu cost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menu%20cost

MLA

“menu cost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menu%20cost. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “menu cost,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menu%20cost.

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