Business GCSE
Contribution per unit
What Contribution per unit means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Contribution per unit
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Reference: AQA
The selling price per unit minus the variable cost per unit, which is the denominator in the break-even formula.
Topics that use Contribution per unit
- Financial terms and calculations (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Average annual profit
- Average rate of return
- Average Rate of Return (ARR)
- Break-even
- Break-even chart
- Break-even level of output
- Break-even output
- Break-Even Point
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