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FIXED COSTS

Specialty Definition: FIXED COSTS

DomainDefinition

Business

Total costs of all labour, materials, facilities, equipment, and fees allocated to general administrative or overhead functions, including legal services, safety, and insurance ; costs that are not directly attributable to specific units of production, mainly fixed costs and common costs. Source: European Union. (references)

Shipping

Costs that do not vary with the level of activity. Some fixed costs continue even if no cargo is carried. Terminal leases, rent and property taxes are fixed costs. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: FIXED COSTS

Specialty definitions using "FIXED COSTS": negative volume varianceprogressive fixed costsstep costsunabsorbed overhead, unfavourable volume varianceVariable Cost. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: FIXED COSTS

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The advantages of independent agents include lower fixed costs. (references)

It included fixed costs, such as the licensing fee, warrant of fitness, depreciation and insurance, running costs such as petrol, oil, tires, repairs and maintenance. (references)

Trade

Panama

There are no fixed costs and payment is based on the weight or volume of the goods stored. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: FIXED COSTS

Expression using "FIXED COSTS": progressive fixed costs. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: FIXED COSTS

Language Translations for "FIXED COSTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

fællesomkostninger (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads), fælles omkostninger (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads), kapacitetsomkostninger (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads), indirekte omkostninger (burden, business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect cost, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead costs, overhead expenses, overheads), generalomkostninger (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, oncost, overhead, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead costs, overhead expenses, overheads), driftsomkostninger (business expenses, farm expenditures expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, operating charges, operating costs, operating expenses, operational costs, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zakenonkosten (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads), overheadkosten (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads), indirecte kosten (burden, business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect cost, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads), gemeenschappelijke kosten (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

yleiskustannus (burden, business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads). (various references)

   

French

  

frais indirects, frais généraux, dépenses indirectes. (various references)

   

German

  

Geschaeftsunkosten (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads), Gemeinkosten (overhead costs, overhead expenses, overheads), allgemeine Kosten (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, oncost, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κοινωφελείς δαπάνες (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads), έμμεσα έξοδα (expenses, indirect costs), γενικά έξοδα (general expenses, overheads), οργανικά έξοδα (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads). (various references)

   

Italian

  

spese generali (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads), costi indiretti (burden, business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads), costi generali (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads), costi fissi (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, oncost, one-time costs, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ixedfay ostscay

   

Portuguese

  

gastos gerais (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads), custos totais (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads), custos indirectos (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads), custos gerais (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

gastos generales (oncost, overhead, overheads), gastos fijos (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads), costes indirectos (business expenses, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses, overheads). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fasta kostnader (overhead, overheads). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: FIXED COSTS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-f-i-o-s-s-t-x"

-2 letters: cestoids, coexists.

-3 letters: cestoid, coedits, coexist, cosiest, dissect, exotics, foisted, foxiest, softies.

-4 letters: cestoi, cestos, coedit, coifed, cosets, cosied, cosies, cosset, costed, deists, desist, dicots, discos, doxies, edicts, escots, exists, exotic, feists, ficoes, fisted, foetid, foists, odists, oxides, sexist, sextos, sifted, sixtes, softie, stoics, todies, tossed, toxics.

-5 letters: cedis, cesti, cists, cited, cites, codes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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