Cost
Cost noun - A payment made in the course of achieving a result.
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- There's an inverse relationship between the prevalence of a given technology and its unit cost; the more of it that's made, the more is learned about how to produce it cheaply and efficiently, which means that the retail price can be reduced without lowering the manufacturer's profits.
Source: New Tech Is Not Cheap - However, due to their cost, if a player buys all the episodes, they still end up getting a full retail-priced game over a period of time.
Source: Episodic Game - SHIMMER found continued bulk orders of DVDs cost prohibitive compared to focusing on the release of new ones, leading to shows gradually reaching this status, unless a retail version hit shelves.
Source: Keep Circulating the Tapes
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Retail and Cost. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cost/retail
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