machine hour
Definition
One machine working for one hour. In cost accounting, machine hour (and not the labor hour) is used for applying overhead costs to work-in-process inventory in mechanized production.
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machine hour is in the Accounting & Auditing and Industries, Manufacturing, & Technology subjects.
machine hour appears in the definitions of the following terms: overhead rate and marginal product
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