direct labour cost

  • 1direct labour cost — direct wages Expenditure on wages paid to those operators who are directly concerned with the production of a product, service, or cost unit It is one of the cost classifications making up the direct cost of a cost unit; it is quantified as the… …

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  • 2direct labour cost — direct wages Expenditure on wages paid to those operators who are directly concerned with the production of a product, service, or cost unit. It is one of the cost classifications making up the prime cost of a cost unit; it is quantified as the… …

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  • 3Direct labour cost variance — is the difference between the standard cost for actual production and the actual cost in production.[1] There are two kinds of labour variances. Labour Rate Variance is the difference between the standard cost and the actual cost paid for the… …

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  • 4percentage on direct labour cost — A basis used in absorption costing for absorbing the production overheads into the cost units produced. The formula used is: (budgeted production overheads × 100)/budgeted direct labour cost …

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  • 5standard direct labour cost — In standard costing, a standard cost derived from the standard time allowed for the performance of an operation and the standard direct labour rate for the operators specified for that operation …

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  • 6standard direct labour cost — In standard costing, a standard cost derived from the standard time allowed for the performance of an operation and the standard direct labour rate for the operators specified for that operation …

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  • 7Direct labor cost — is a part of wage bill or payroll that can be specifically and consistently assigned to or associated with the manufacture of a product, a particular work order, or provision of a service also, we can say also it is the cost of the work done by… …

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  • 8direct labour — ➔ labour * * * direct labour UK US noun [U] UK ► (US direct labor) ACCOUNTING the workers who are directly involved in producing goods or supplying services, or the cost of paying those workers: »Direct labor costs are rising in the manufacturing …

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  • 9direct labour hour rate — labour hour rate 1) The individual rate of pay per hour paid to operators categorized as direct labour 2) An absorption rate used in absorption costing. It is obtained by the following formula: (budgeted cost centre overheads)/(budgeted direct… …

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  • 10standard direct labour cost — /ˌstændəd dɪˌrekt leɪbə kɒst/ noun the cost of labour calculated to produce a product according to specification (used to measure estimates) …

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