Tag: marginal
Natural Monopoly
DefinitionA natural monopoly is a monopoly in an industry in which high infrastructural costs and other barriers to entry relative to the size of...
Oil Field
DefinitionAn "oil field" or "oilfield" is a region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum from below ground. Because the oil reservoirs typically...
Manipulation
What is 'Manipulation' Manipulation is the act of artificially inflating or deflating the price of a security. In most cases, manipulation is...
Abatement Costs
What is 'Abatement Cost' A cost borne by many businesses for the removal and/or reduction of an undesirable item that they have...
Absorption Costing
DefinitionTotal absorption costing is a method of Accounting cost which entails the full cost of manufacturing or providing a service. TAC includes not just...
Abatement
What is 'Abatement' Abatement is a reduction in the level of taxation faced by an individual or company. Examples of an abatement...
Absorbed Cost
What is an absorbed cost and how does it impact a business's bottom line
An absorbed cost is an overhead cost that has been fully...
Rate Of Change
What is 'Rate Of Change' The rate of change (ROC) is the speed at which a variable changes over a specific period...
Same-Day Substitution
What is 'Same-Day Substitution' An offsetting change in a margin account, made over the trading day, that results in no overall change...
Variable Cost-Plus Pricing
What is 'Variable Cost-Plus Pricing' Variable cost-plus pricing is a pricing method in which the selling price is established by adding a...