Costs are split into three main categories: fixed, variable, and total costs. Fixed costs are costs for a business that do not change, no matter what the level of output for the business.

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The U.S. government has funded university research for nearly 80 years, with a significant share of this funding supporting the fixed costs of science through indirect cost recovery (ICR). We explain ...

Martin Barraud / Getty Images Fixed costs, variable costs, and total costs all sound similar, but there are significant differences among the three. The main difference is that fixed costs do not ...