overhead
/ˈoʊvɝˈhɛd/
Ongoing business expenses not directly tied to production
overhead in a sentence
“Reducing overhead costs improved profit margins.”
Origin of overhead
From over (Old English ofer) + head; originally nautical term for rigging above deck
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