The amount of revenue remaining after deducting variable costs. It contributes to covering fixed costs and, once those are covered, generating profit. Some organisations use multiple contribution margin levels (for example, Contribution Margin 1 and Contribution Margin 2) to show profitability after successive categories of costs have been deducted.
Contribution Margin
The revenue remaining after variable costs, which helps cover fixed costs and, once covered, generate profit.
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