Costs which have a fixed and a variable component. The electricity bill of most offices has a fixed component that is related to the electricity connection and also a variable component that varies with actual consumption. Many labour costs are also semi-variable in that labour costs cannot easily be ‘turned off’ if activity levels fall.
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