marginal cost
noun[C]
ACCOUNTING,ECONOMICS,PRODUCTIONukusthecostofproducingone moreitem, etc.comparedto thecostofproducingallitemssofar:
Themarginalcostto abankof atransactionover theinternetis amerecent.
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It would be irrational to price belowmarginalcost, because the firm would make a loss.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Themarginalcostis, under competitive market conditions, the supply for public goods.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.So the production will be carried out until themarginalcostis equal to the sale price.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Profits can be maximised when the marginal product of labour equals the wage rate (marginalcostof production).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Marginalcost(c) is assumed to be constant.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thus, it can be safely said that using average costs for pricing is a reasonable approximation ofmarginalcostdecision making.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In a simple case of a single product, the price is set at that quantity demanded where themarginalcostequals the marginal revenue.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In social and political sciences, it is themarginalcostof death prevention in a certain class of circumstances.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.First, the firm should operate, if at all, at the level of output where marginal revenue equalsmarginalcost.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Assume that hismarginalcostis $5 per unit.
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