economies of scale

English

economies of scale pl (normally plural, singular economy of scale)

(economics) The characteristics of a production process in which an increase in the scale of the firm causes a decrease in the long run average cost of each unit.
Antonym: diseconomies of scale
- 1963, George Burnet Rogers, Costs and Economies of Scale in Turkey Processing Plants, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, page i:
  When plant size increased from 400 heavy young hens per hour to about 1,500 per hour average costs per pound declined from 6.6 to 5.4 cents per pound. While these costs suggested the existence of economies of scale in processing, they did not provide a standardized measure of the exact nature and extent of potential cost savings.

the characteristics of a production process

Armenian: մասշտաբի էֆեկտ (masštabi ēfekt)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 規模經濟／规模经济 (guīmó jīngjì), 規模效益／规模效益 (guīmó xiàoyì)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: schaalvoordeel n
Finnish: mittakaavaetu (fi), skaalaetu (fi), suurtuotannon etu, suuruuden ekonomia
French: économies d’échelle (fr) f pl
German: Skalenerträge f pl, Skaleneffekte m pl
Greek: οικονομίες κλίμακας f pl (oikonomíes klímakas)
Hungarian: méretgazdaságosság (hu)
Icelandic: stærðarhagkvæmni f
Irish: barainneacht scála f
Italian: economie di scala f pl
Norwegian: stordriftsfordel (no) m
Polish: korzyści skali f pl
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: эффе́кт масшта́ба m (effékt masštába)
Spanish: economía de escala (es) f
Swedish: stordriftsfördel c
Ukrainian: ефе́кт масшта́бу m (efékt masštábu)