WordNet
incremental cost
n. the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output [syn: marginal cost, differential cost]
Usage examples of "incremental cost".
Yet the incremental cost of a given mission was in the many tens of millions of dollars, something like one thousandth the total cost of the Apollo program.
We think Nautilus should be able to return enough water to fuel a further twenty to fifty NEO exploration missions, at minimal incremental cost.