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What does Absorption Costing mean?

A method of costing that assigns all manufacturing costs (direct and indirect, fixed and variable) to the manufactured products.

Absorption Costing in a sentence
Under absorption costing, the cost of a product includes fixed manufacturing overheads.

Absorption Costing in German, French, Spanish and Italian

German
Vollkostenrechnung

Vorgeschrieben für die externe Rechnungslegung (HGB/IFRS).

French
Méthode du coût complet
also Absorption costing

Inclut tous les coûts de production, y compris les frais fixes.

Spanish
Costeo por absorción
also Costo total

Asigna todos los costos de fabricación al producto final.

Italian
Costi pieni
also Absorption costing

Include tutti i costi fissi e variabili di produzione nel costo unitario.

Common phrases with Absorption Costing

  • income absorption costing
  • method absorption costing
  • overhead absorption costing
  • inventory absorption costing

Synonyms and opposites for Absorption Costing

  • Synonym Full costing
  • Opposite Variable costing
  • Opposite Direct costing

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