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economies of scale

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002041

The increase in production efficiency as the number of goods being produced increases and production costs per unit decreases; may also apply to distribution of a service or in marketing.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002041
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectEconomics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
Synonymsincreasing returns to scale; scale economies
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoeconomic theory; agglomeration economies
TranslationsSpanish: economías de escala
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002041",
  "term": "economies of scale",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The increase in production efficiency as the number of goods being produced increases and production costs per unit decreases; may also apply to distribution of a service or in marketing.",
  "synonyms": [
    "increasing returns to scale",
    "scale economies"
  ],
  "subject": "Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry",
  "see_also": [
    "economic theory",
    "agglomeration economies"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "economías de escala"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/economies-of-scale/"
}

Record 2,041 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.