overheads
[plural noun]
running costs, operating costs

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English Thesaurus: spending, expenditure, costs, expenses, outgoings, ...

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overheads noun

1. regular costs that you have when you are running a business or an organization, such as rent, electricity, wages, etc.
   Synonyms costscosts

   • spending
   • 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
   • spending the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or an organization:
     • ● public spending
     • ● More spending on health was promised.
   • expenditure (rather 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(s) the regular costs of running a business or an organization, such as rent, electricity and wages:
     • ● High overheads mean 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/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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[TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲

spending the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or other organization:
Company spending on staff benefits has been cut dramatically in recent years.
There has been a huge increase in government spending.
military spending
expenditure formal the amount of money that a government, organization, or person spends during a particular period of time – used especially in official documents or reports:
British defence expenditure was consistently high during this period.
military expenditure
Expenditure on advertising has gone down.
costs the money that a person or organization has to spend on heating, rent, wages etc:
What are your annual fuel costs?
Falling sales have forced companies to cut costs.
expenses the money that you spend on things that you need, for example on food, rent, and travel:
Living expenses are much higher in New York.
I kept a record of all my travel expenses so that I could claim them back.
outgoings the money that someone has to spend regularly on rent, bills, food etc for their home or business:
The outgoings on a house this size are very high.
outlay the amount of money that someone must spend when they first start a new business or activity:
The intial outlay on machinery was quite high.
overheads British English, overhead American English the money that a business spends regularly on rent, insurance, and other things that are needed to keep the business operating:
In London, small businesses often have high overheads.

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