absorption rate — ➔ rate1 * * * absorption rate UK US noun [C] ► (also overhead absorption rate, also recovery rate) ACCOUNTING the percentage of fixed costs (= costs that are the same each month) that a company pays for with the profits from particular products… … Financial and business terms
absorption costing — ➔ costing * * * absorption costing UK US noun [U] (also full costing) ► ACCOUNTING a method of calculating the cost of a product where all fixed costs (= costs that are the same each month) are included → Compare MARGINAL COSTIN … Financial and business terms
absorption rate — overhead absorption rate; = recovery rate The rate or rates calculated in an absorption costing system in advance of an accounting period for the purpose of charging the overheads to the production of that period. Absorption rates are calculated… … Accounting dictionary
absorption rate — overhead absorption rate; recovery rate The rate or rates calculated in an absorption costing system in advance of an accounting period for the purpose of charging the overheads to the production of that period. Absorption rates are calculated… … Big dictionary of business and management
Absorption Costing — A managerial accounting cost method of expensing all costs associated with manufacturing a particular product. Absorption costing uses the total direct costs and overhead costs associated with manufacturing a product as the cost base. Generally… … Investment dictionary
accounting — /euh kown ting/, n. 1. the theory and system of setting up, maintaining, and auditing the books of a firm; art of analyzing the financial position and operating results of a business house from a study of its sales, purchases, overhead, etc.… … Universalium
absorption — cost absorption; = overhead absorption An accounting process used in absorption costing in which the overhead of an organization is borne by the production of that organization by the use of absorption rates … Accounting dictionary
absorption costing — full absorption costing; = total absorption costing The cost accounting system in which the overheads of an organization are charged to the production by means of the process of absorption. Costs are first apportioned to cost centres, where they… … Accounting dictionary
absorption — cost absorption; overhead absorption An accounting process, used in absorption costing, in which the overhead of an organization is charged to the production of that organization by the use of absorption rates … Big dictionary of business and management
absorption costing — full absorption costing; total absorption costing The cost accounting system in which the overheads of an organization are charged to the production by means of the process of absorption Costs are first apportioned to cost centres, where they are … Big dictionary of business and management