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direct labor

noun

  1. labor performed, as by workers on a production line, and considered in computing costs per unit of production.


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Included in it are first the direct labor—the wages of the human beings employed; and, second, the overhead expense.

So we have a fairly accurate statement of the direct labor embodied in the table.

In the first division of our subject, it was shown that expense figured on direct labor would prove the most reliable.

True cost includes first, direct labor; second, material; and third, expense.

Totals of material and direct labor for jobs and operations are next entered on job or operation records, or both.

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