diseconomy /; AmE / noun [C, usually pl., U] (plural diseconomies)

(Economics )

a financial or economic disadvantage such as increases in cost; sth that produces an increase in cost:

Urban diseconomies are the financial and social burdens arising from location in a major urban area.

Further demands on such areas may actually begin to produce diseconomies in the form of increased congestion and ‘overheating'.

• accounting principle
• accounting rate of return
• accounting standard
• Accounting Standards Board
• accounting system
• accounting year
• account manager
• account payee
• accounts
• accounts payable
• accounts receivable
• account terms
• accreditation
• accredited
• accretion
• accrual
• accrual accounting
• accruals basis
• accrue
• accrued benefits
• accrued depreciation
• accrued income
• accrued interest
• accumulate
• accumulated depreciation