overhead

overhead
over·head /'ō-vər-ˌhed/ n: business expenses (as rent or insurance) not chargeable to a particular part of the work or product

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

overhead
I noun budget, business expenses, charges, cost, cost incurred, cost of living, current expenses, disbursement, drain on resources, expenditures, expense, general expenses, liabilities, living expenses, money expended, operating expenses, outlay, payments, spendings, upkeep associated concepts: overhead expenses II index cost (expenses), expense (cost), maintenance (upkeep)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


overhead
n.
Operating expenses of a business aside from cost of materials or labor.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


overhead
A sum total of the administrative or executive costs that relate to the management, conduct, or supervision of a business that are not attributable to any one particular product or department.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


overhead
A sum total of the administrative or executive costs that relate to the management, conduct, or supervision of a business that are not attributable to any one particular product or department.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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