what are variable costs?

Answer Posted / rajesh

A cost or expense that increases in total as volume or an
activity increases. (Or decreases in total as volume or an
activity decreases.) For example, if a company pays a sales
commission on all of its sales, commission expense is a
variable expense. The cost of gasoline is a variable cost
in relationship to vehicle miles driven.

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