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marginal cost

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marginal cost

Summary

marginal cost is a cost accounting[1]. It draws 519 Wikipedia views per month (cost_accounting category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • marginal cost's instance of is recorded as cost accounting[3].
  • marginal cost is a type of opportunity cost[4].

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Definition and Type

marginal cost's instance of is recorded as cost accounting[3]. It is a type of opportunity cost[4].

Why It Matters

marginal cost draws 519 Wikipedia views per month (cost_accounting category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → opportunity cost
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → cost accounting
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