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4.04 operating cost
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Break-even point | the point at which a business's total sales equal its total expenses; the business has not has not yet made a profit but has not incurred any losses |
| Capital expenditure | A one-time purchase a business makes ( e.g. , land, building, equipment) |
| Depreciation | Loss of value |
| Economic of scale | Cost savings created by increased levels of production |
| Fixed costs | Business costs that are not affect by changes in sales volume; also known as fixed expenses |
| Fixed expenses | Operating costs that do not increase or decrease with changes in production ; also known as fixed costs |
| Gross profit | A company's revenue after subtracting the costs of the products it has sold |
| Mixed costs | Expenses that are fixed until the company reaches a certain level of production, then become variable; also called semi-variable costs or semi- fixed costs |
| Operating costs | The ongoing , day -to-day expenses of running a business that are not not directly related to production |
| Price-based costing | A pricing in method in which the business determines how much customers will pay for a product , then adjusts costs accordingly |
| Price markup | the different between the total costs of a product and its selling price |
| Sales commission | An amount of a salesperson earns per sale, either a percentage or flat rate |
| Semi-fixed costs | Expenses that are fixed until the company reaches a certain level of production, then become variable; also called mixed costs or semi-variable costs |
| Semi-variable costs | Expenses that are fixed until the company reaches a certain level of production, then become variable; also called mixed costs or semi-fixed costs |
| Total cost | the sum of overhead and direct costs require to make a product |
| Variable costs | Business costs that change according to changes in sales volume; also known as variable expenses |
| Variable expenses | Operating costs that fluctuate with changes in production; also known as variable costs |
| Cost based pricing | A pricing method in which the business adds a predetermine markup to the total cost of making the product |