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overhead
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[ adjective ] located or originating from above
Examples "an overhead crossing" Used in print (Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)He paused on the landing to steady his breathing and_then bent to examine the single door by the light of the weak bulb overhead . (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)And the hours were six-thirty in the morning until eleven at night on Saturdays and during sales , and there were no chairs and you could n't smoke and the cooling was overhead fans and there was no porter or janitor . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (business) the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
Synonyms Used in print (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)When we look_at countries like Iran , Iraq , Pakistan , and Burma , where substantial progress has been made in creating a minimum supply of modern_men and of social overhead capital , and where institutions of centralized government exist , we find a second category of countries with a different set of problems and hence different priorities for policy . But these countries have made big strides toward developing the necessary human and social overhead capital ; they have established reasonably stable and effective governmental institutions at national and local levels ; and they have begun to develop a capacity to deal realistically and simultaneously with all the major sectors of their economies . (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)Accounting procedures which continue to charge a disproportionate overhead and warehouse expense to the main store make the branches seem more profitable than they are . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (business) the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
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[ adverb ] above the head; over the head
Examples "bring the legs together overhead" Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)The child should then bring both legs together overhead , point the toes and tighten the seat muscles . |
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[ adverb ] above your head; in the sky
Examples "planes were flying overhead" Used in print (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)Our suspicions eventually centered , by the process of elimination , on a grocer 's boy , a thoroughly bad_hat , who delivered cartons to the people overhead . |
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[ noun ] (computer science) the disk space required for non-data information (used for location and timing)
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[ noun ] (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
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