Burden rate is defined as the total indirect contract costs, calculated as a percentage of the construction company's direct labor. In other words, for every dollar of direct labor allocated to a contract, burden is applied as a percentage of the direct labor. But before a contactor can accurately calculate burden rate, all contract costs assumed by the company must be fully accounted for and factored into the final burden rate equation.
tack (plural tacks) 1  A small nail with a flat head. 2  A thumbtack. ( 3 sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth. ( nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the 1  wind. (nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
scaling. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to remove the scale or scales from (as by scraping) scale a fish. 3  2 : to take off in thin layers or scales scale tartar from the teeth.  3 : to throw (as a thin flat stone) so that the edge cuts the air or so that it skips on water 1  : skim. intransitive verb.  1 : to separate and come off in scales : flake.