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favorable variance
fa·vor·a·ble var·i·ance (plural fa·vor·a·ble var·i·anc·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
accounting financial results better than expected: a situation in which an anticipated cost turns about to be less than anticipated, or revenue is more than anticipated
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