overhead rate
Definition
Actual (or budgeted) overhead cost for a given period divided by actual (or budgeted) measure of production activity (such as direct labor cost, labor hours, or machine hours). It expresses overhead costs in terms of a related-base for allocating them over a given period. Also called predetermined overhead rate when using budgeted costs.
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