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Definition: Average Cost |
Average CostNoun1. Total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Energy | The revenuerequirement of a utility divided by the utility's sales. Average costtypically includes the costs of existing power plants, transmission, anddistribution lines, and other facilities used by a utility to serve itscustomers. It also included operating and maintenance, tax, and fuelexpenses. (references) |
| The total cost of production divided by the total quantity produced. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Average Cost |
| English words defined with "average cost": cost of living. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "average cost": cost calculation, Cost of production ♦ Economies of size. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | For example, the average cost for 1 full year of methadone maintenance treatment is approximately $4,700 per patient, whereas 1 full year of imprisonment costs approximately $18,400 per person. (references) | |
In terms of treatment, options for care for many individuals with CF have expanded over the past decade with implications for the average cost of care. Although the Office of Technology Assessment estimated in 1992, based on 1989 data, that the annual treatment costs were approximately $10,000 per year per individual with CF, current estimates exceed $40,000 per year in direct medical costs and $9,000 per year in ancillary costs. (references) | ||
Business | The average cost of such equipment can range from around TB 80,000 to 150,000 per unit (US$ 1,950 to 3,660 per unit). (references) | |
Average cost of most imported medical equipment is $500,000 or more. Seventy percent of this type of equipment is purchased directly from foreign manufacturers. (references) | ||
Over 90% of the pharmaceuticals manufactured domestically are inexpensive generic drugs (the average cost of a pack of medicine does not exceed 1.50 USD, compared with 9.00 USD in EU countries). (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Uzbekistan | Readership of national dailies was just over 300,000; newspapers are too expensive for most citizens, with an average cost of 4 to 12 cents (50-150 soums). (references) |
Economic History | China | The United States is the most expensive country to study in. The average cost is about $25,000 in the United States. (references) |
Italy | The cost of a franchise varies from a minimum of $10,000 to an average cost of $100,000 and escalates to $300,000 and more. (references) | |
Trade | Argentina | The interest rates are variable, set at half a percentage point above the Bank's average cost of borrowing or LIBOR. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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| Language | Translations for "average cost"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | Stückkosten (unit cost), Durchschnittskosten. (various references) | ||||
Greek | μέσο κόστοσ. (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | átlagköltség. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | averageay ostcay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-g-o-r-s-t-v" | |
-2 letters: caveators, coverages. | |
-3 letters: acervate, acreages, averages, cartages, caveator, corteges, coverage, coveters, escargot, gearcase, overacts, overages, overcast, overeats, stravage. | |
-4 letters: acerate, acerose, acetose, acreage, aerates, aerosat, agarose, average, avocets, carates, cargoes, cartage, caseate, caveats, cavorts, cerates, coaster, coatees, coaters, corsage, cortege, corvees, corvets, coverts, coveter, cravats, creates, ecartes, ergates, garotes, gastrea, goatees, gravest, greaves. | |
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