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economies of scale

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The characteristics of a production process in which an increase in the scale of the firm causes a decrease in the long run average cost of each unit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-normally

Topics: economics, sciences

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Antonyms: diseconomies of scale

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23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մասշտաբի էֆեկտ (masštabi ēfekt) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 規模經濟 /规模经济 (guīmó jīngjì) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 規模效益 /规模效益 (guīmó xiàoyì) — Translations
  • Dutch: schaalvoordeel — Translations
  • Finnish: mittakaavaetu — Translations
  • Finnish: skaalaetu — Translations
  • Finnish: suurtuotannon etu — Translations
  • Finnish: suuruuden ekonomia — Translations
  • French: économies d'échelle — Translations
  • German: Skalenerträge — Translations
  • German: Skaleneffekte — Translations
  • Greek: οικονομίες κλίμακας (oikonomíes klímakas) — Translations
  • Hungarian: méretgazdaságosság — Translations
  • Icelandic: stærðarhagkvæmni — Translations
  • Irish: barainneacht scála — Translations
  • Italian: economie di scala — Translations
  • Norwegian: stordriftsfordel — Translations
  • Polish: korzyści skali — Translations
  • Russian: эффе́кт масшта́ба (effékt masštába) — Translations
  • Spanish: economía de escala — Translations
  • Swedish: stordriftsfördel — Translations
  • Thai: การประหยัดต่อขนาด (gaan-bprà-yàt-dtɔ̀ɔ-kà-nàat) — Translations
  • Ukrainian: ефе́кт масшта́бу (efékt masštábu) — Translations