overheads
noun/ˈəʊvəhedz/
/ˈəʊvərhedz/
[plural] (especially British English) (also overhead [uncountable] especially in North American English)
- regular costs that you have when you are running a business or an organization, such as rent, electricity, wages, etc.Synonyms costscostsspending ▪ expenditure ▪ expenses ▪ overheads ▪ 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:
- labour/production costs
- rising costs
- public spending
- More spending on health was promised.
- expenditure on education
- legal expenses
- travel expenses
- High overheads mean small profit margins.
- The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.
- spending/expenditure/outlay on something
- high/low costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads
- total costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads/outlay
- capital costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/outlay
- household costs/spending/expenditure/expenses
- government/public/education/health costs/spending/expenditure
- to increase/reduce costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads/the outlay
- High overheads mean small profit margins.
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