fixed charge
Unchanging cost amount
A fixed charge is a cost that remains constant regardless of activity level or output.
Businesses distinguish fixed charges—rent, insurance premiums, loan payments—from variable costs that fluctuate with production or sales.
The company's fixed charges consumed most of its revenue during the slow season.
In British law, a fixed charge is a security interest attached to specific identified assets.
Money paid out
- costRequired payment amount
- overheadLocated directly above
- operatingActively in function
- recurringHappening repeatedly over time
periodic · predictable · budgeted · allocation · depreciation · amortization · ledger · receivable
Tax on traded goods
- surchargeExtra fee added
- service feeCost for assistance rendered
- flat feeUnchanging service charge
- monthly feeRecurring periodic payment
connection fee · access fee · administrative fee · processing fee · handling fee · maintenance fee · subscription fee · retainer fee
Energy from charged particles
- rateMeasured speed or charge
- billingCharging for services rendered
- kilowattThousand watts of power
- meteringControlled measurement of quantity
baseline · tiered · regulated · deregulated · ratepayer · consumption · usage · allowance
Claim securing debt
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- mortgageSecured home loan
- collateralSecurity for debt
- deedWritten property conveyance
title · property · creditor · debtor · foreclosure · attachment · judgment · secured
Required, not optional
- obligatoryRequired by rule
- non-negotiableCannot be altered
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- imposedForced onto others
statutory · regulated · prescribed · binding · required · inescapable · automatic · standard
expense
Money paid out
recurring · periodic · predictable · budgeted · allocation · depreciation · amortization · ledger · receivable · payable
tariff
Tax on traded goods
- surchargeExtra fee added
- service feeCost for assistance rendered
- flat feeUnchanging service charge
monthly fee · connection fee · access fee · administrative fee · processing fee · handling fee · maintenance fee · subscription fee · retainer fee · licensing fee
electricity
Energy from charged particles
metering · baseline · tiered · regulated · deregulated · ratepayer · consumption · usage · allowance · overage
lien
Claim securing debt
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- mortgageSecured home loan
- collateralSecurity for debt
deed · title · property · creditor · debtor · foreclosure · attachment · judgment · secured · unsecured
compulsory
Required, not optional
- obligatoryRequired by rule
- non-negotiableCannot be altered
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
imposed · statutory · regulated · prescribed · binding · required · inescapable · automatic · standard · uniform
fixed chargevariable rate
Amount that fluctuates
dynamic pricing · pay-per-use · surge pricing · floating rate · tiered pricing
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