Investment dictionary

VARIABLE COST

Variable Cost: translation

A corporate expense that varies with production output. Variable costs are those costs that vary depending on a company's production volume; they rise as production increases and fall as production decreases. Variable costs differ from fixed costs such as rent, advertising, insurance and office supplies, which tend to remain the same regardless of production output. Fixed costs and variable costs comprise total cost.

Variable costs can include direct material costs or direct labor costs necessary to complete a certain project. For example, a company may have variable costs associated with the packaging of one of its products. As the company moves more of this product, the costs for packaging will increase. Conversely, when fewer of these products are sold the costs for packaging will consequently decrease.

  1. variable cost—Variable cost translation A cost that is directly proportional to the volume of output produced. When production is zero the variable cost is equal to zero. The New York ...Financial and business terms
  2. variable cost—variable cost translation A cost that is directly proportional to the volume of output produced. When production is zero the variable cost is equal to zero. Bloomberg Fin...Financial and business terms
  3. variable cost—Переменная стоимость...Англо-русский морской словарь
  4. variable cost—Переменные издержки переменные затраты...Англо-русский словарь по экономике
  5. variable cost—эк. переменные издержки [затраты\] затраты величина которых изменяется в зависимости от изменения объема производства напр. затраты на сырье и материалыem variable outlay...Англо-русский экономический словарь
  6. variable cost—переменные издержки...Англо-русский юридический словарь