Word Explorer
Overhead
/ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/
The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
📖 Definitions of "Overhead"
noun
- 1
The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
- 2
The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
- 3
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.
- 4
Wasted money.
adjective
- 1
Located above, especially over the head
"Place your luggage in the overhead lockers."
- 2
Kicked over one's own head
adverb
- 1
Above one's head; in the sky.
"birds flying overhead"
- 2
Per head; for each individual.
Translate “Overhead” into Another Language
Pick a language — the word will be pre-filled in the translator.