operating cost
Cost of operations
Operating cost is the ongoing expense of running a business or system—rent, utilities, wages, materials, maintenance.
Distinguished from one-time capital costs like equipment purchases, operating costs recur regularly and must be covered to keep things functioning: High operating costs forced them to raise prices.
Also called operating expenses or, informally, overhead.
- utilitiesEssential infrastructure services
- rentPayment for temporary use
- keep the lights onMaintain minimum viable functioning
- depreciationAsset value reduction over time
- expenseMoney paid out
monthly bills · salaries · maintenance · overhead · lean and mean · tax · wear and tear · taxation · cash flow · bottom line · break even · disbursal · machinery maintenance · licensing fees · payroll · service charge · financial planning · insurance premiums
- expensesexpenses, expense, expenditure, rent, bill
- costsoverhead
- transport metricsridership, passenger capacity, occupancy rate, average speed, transit time
- budget termsbudget, deficit, surplus, spending, revenue
- machine specshorsepower, torque, RPM, power output, voltage
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Spending on fixed assets
capital investment · capital cost · infrastructure investment · long-term investment · capital improvement
operating costoperating income
Earnings from core operations
revenue · earnings · income · operating profit · proceeds
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