Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Fees, markups & cancellation · Working

Cost-plus fixed fee

ELI5

A cost-plus structure in which the producer’s fee is fixed while qualifying production costs remain variable.

Used in conversation

“The budget needs to show cost-plus fixed fee clearly before approval.”

Pitch context

You may hear this during a commercial brief, treatment, bid, award or pre-production process.

Why it matters: Helps interpret the brief, director treatment, bid, award, production process and campaign deliverables.

Connected terms

  • Cost-plusComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.
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