job-order costing

[ job-awr-der ]

/ ˈdʒɒbˌɔr dər /

noun

a method of cost accounting by which the total cost of a given unit or quantity is determined by computing the costs that go into making a product as it moves through the manufacturing process.

Nearby words

job's comforters, job's syndrome, job's-tears, job-hop, job-hunt, job-order costing, job-share, jobber, jobbery, jobbing, jobbing printer

Compare process costing.

Also called job costing.