overhead
/ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/ · noun
Meaning
- The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
- The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
- Any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to the progress or outcome of the project or activity.
- Wasted money.
- A smash.
- The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel.
- Located above, especially over the head
- Kicked over one's own head
- Above one's head; in the sky.
- Per head; for each individual.
- An overhead projector.
- A sheet of transparent material with an image used with an overhead projector; an overhead transparency.
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