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1. Fixed costs. These types of costs do not vary with output in the short term. An example might be rent costs for premises.

2. Variable costs. These are costs that vary directly with output and will be business specific. A manufacturing industry making plastic widgets will see the cost of their plastic raw material vary directly with production.

3. Semi-variable costs, or 'stepped' costs. These are costs fixed over a small range of output but variable over a longer range of output particularly at certain critical levels. They may 'step-up' as with utility bills or 'step-down' as with quantity discounts.

Please note that all costs are variable costs if you take a long enough time frame.

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