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Definition of overhead noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

overhead

 noun
noun
NAmE//ˈoʊvərˌhɛd//
 
[uncountable]
 
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regular costs that you have when you are running a business or an organization, such as rent, electricity, wages, etc. Thesauruscosts
  • spending
  • expenditure
  • expenses
  • overhead (costs)
  • outlay
These are all words for money spent by a government, an organization, or a person.
  • costs the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business:labor/production costs rising costs
  • spending the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or an organization:public spending The governor promised more spending on public health programs.
  • expenditure (somewhat formal) an amount of money spent by a government, an organization, or a person:expenditure on education
  • expenses money that has to be spent by a person or an organization; money that you spend while you are working, that your employer will pay back to you later:legal expenses travel expenses
  • overhead (costs) the regular costs of running a business or organization, such as rent, electricity, and wages:High overhead means small profit margins.
  • outlay the money that you have to spend in order to start a new business or project, or in order to save yourself money or time later:The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.
Patterns
  • spending/expenditure/outlay on something
  • high/low costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overhead (costs)
  • total costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overhead (costs)/outlay
  • capital costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/outlay
  • household costs/spending/expenditure/expenses
  • government/public/education/health costs/spending/expenditure
  • to increase/reduce/bring down costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overhead (costs)/the outlay
Thesauruscosts
  • spending
  • expenditure
  • expenses
  • overhead (costs)
  • outlay
These are all words for money spent by a government, an organization, or a person.
  • costs the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business:labor/production costs rising costs
  • spending the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or an organization:public spending The governor promised more spending on public health programs.
  • expenditure (somewhat formal) an amount of money spent by a government, an organization, or a person:expenditure on education
  • expenses money that has to be spent by a person or an organization; money that you spend while you are working, that your employer will pay back to you later:legal expenses travel expenses
  • overhead (costs) the regular costs of running a business or organization, such as rent, electricity, and wages:High overhead means small profit margins.
  • outlay the money that you have to spend in order to start a new business or project, or in order to save yourself money or time later:The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.
Patterns
  • spending/expenditure/outlay on something
  • high/low costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overhead (costs)
  • total costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overhead (costs)/outlay
  • capital costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/outlay
  • household costs/spending/expenditure/expenses
  • government/public/education/health costs/spending/expenditure
  • to increase/reduce/bring down costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overhead (costs)/the outlay
See overhead in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary