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What does Variable Cost mean?

A corporate expense that changes in proportion to how much a company produces or sells.

Variable Cost in a sentence
A company's shipping expense is a variable cost because it increases with the number of units sold.

Variable Cost in German, French, Spanish and Italian

German
Variable Kosten

Kosten, die sich mit der Produktionsmenge verändern.

French
Coût variable

Charge qui varie selon le volume d'activité de l'entreprise.

Spanish
Costo variable

Gasto que aumenta o disminuye según el nivel de producción.

Italian
Costo variabile

Costo che varia al variare del volume di produzione.

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