Predetermined Overhead Rate Definition:

Predetermined overhead rate is a rate used to charge overhead cost to jobs in production; the rate is established in advance for each period by use of estimates of total manufacturing overhead cost and of the total allocation base for the period.

Relevant Terms:
Multiple predetermined overhead rates

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