OVERHEADS

  

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OVERHEADS

"OVERHEADS" is a plural of: overhead.


Specialty Definition: OVERHEADS

DomainDefinition

Business

Total costs of all labour, materials, facilities, equipment, and fees allocated to general administrative or overhead functions, including legal services, safety, and insurance ; costs that are not directly attributable to specific units of production, mainly fixed costs and common costs. Source: European Union. (references)
 Costs which can only be indirectly apportioned, possibly by means of a cost centre, to the production costs of goods or services. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: OVERHEADS

Specialty definitions using "OVERHEADS": balanced treecooperative multitasking, cost pricefirst pricemultitaskingnet priceprime priceself price, shared memory. (references)

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Commercial Usage: OVERHEADS

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Presentation Design Book: Tips, Techniques & Advice for Creating Effective, Attractive Slides, Overheads, Multimedia Presentations, Screen Shows (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: OVERHEADS

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Sailors "stripping ship" aboard USS Ranger (CV-4), in anticipation of action off Morocco, circa early November 1942. Paint has been chipped from the bulkheads and overheads as a precaution against fire. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: OVERHEADS

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Overheads can be easily photocopied to clear transparencies. (references)

We recommend handing out a printed copy of overheads to all participants at the start of each module. (references)

A condensed version of these overheads (three per page with lines for notes) can be found at the end of each module for this purpose. (references)

Business

Low overheads and labor costs and big market potential make these joint ventures profitable. (references)

Many companies in Singapore are aware that when energy consumption is reduced or minimized, electricity costs will fall, thereby reducing overheads. (references)

Regardless of the sector or the form of organization, the biggest challenge in offering E&T services may be containing capital costs and operating overheads to keep programs affordable in what is one of the poorest countries in the region. (references)

Economic History

New Zealand

Even before the recent parallel importing law changes, the preference for buying direct (to reduce overheads) from manufacturers was well established. (references)

Egypt

The state-owned management resulted in increasing overheads for both of exported and imported commodities, thus making Egyptian products less competitive in international markets in addition to increasing the final costs for imported goods. (references)

South Africa

This support is intended to ensure that the level of expenditure on overheads is reduced in favor of expenditure targeted at the provision of new road infrastructure (particularly in rural areas), as well as to the rehabilitation and ongoing maintenance of existing provincial roads. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: OVERHEADS

"OVERHEADS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.75% of the time. "OVERHEADS" is used about 393 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)99.75%39214,171
Unclassified Items0.25%1339,140
                    Total100.00%393N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: OVERHEADS

Expressions using "OVERHEADS": manufacturing overheads production overheads. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: OVERHEADS

Language Translations for "OVERHEADS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shpenzime fletëngarkese. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏سقف (ceil, ceiling, covering, roof, roofing, thatch). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

режийни разноски. (various references)

   

Danish

  

kapacitetsomkostninger (business expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses), indirekte omkostninger (burden, business expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect cost, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead costs, overhead expenses), generalomkostninger (business expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, oncost, overhead, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead costs, overhead expenses), fællesomkostninger (business expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses), fælles omkostninger (business expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses), driftsudgifter (expenditure, farm expenditures expenses), driftsomkostninger (business expenses, farm expenditures expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, operating charges, operating costs, operating expenses, operational costs, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

overheadkosten (business expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses), zakenonkosten (business expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses), indirecte kosten (burden, business expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect cost, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses), gemeenschappelijke kosten (business expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses), bedrijfslasten (farm expenditures expenses), algemene kosten (oncost, overhead expenses). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

yleiskustannus (burden, business expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses), välillinen kustannus (burden, indirect costs), liikekustannus (farm expenditures expenses), käyttökustannus (farm expenditures expenses). (various references)

   

French

  

frais indirects (manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses), frais généreux (overhead), frais généraux (manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses), dépenses indirectes (manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses), charges qui grèvent l'exploitation, charges de l'exploitation. (various references)

   

German

  

gemeinkosten (overhead costs, overhead expenses). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γενικά έξοδα (general expenses). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תקור". (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

rezsi költségek, általános költségek (general expenses). (various references)

   

Italian

  

oneri aziendali (farm expenditures expenses), spesi generali (overhead expenses), spese generali (business expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses), costi indiretti (burden, business expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses), costi generali (business expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses), costi fissi (business expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, oncost, one-time costs, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

overheadsay

   

Portuguese

  

gastos indirectos (burden, indirect costs), gastos gerais (business expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses), encargos de exploração não previstos (farm expenditures expenses), encargos de exploração (farm expenditures expenses, operating charges, operating costs, operating expenses, operational costs), custos totais (business expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses), custos indirectos (business expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses), custos gerais (business expenses, fixed costs, general and administrative costs, indirect costs, manufacturing overheads, overhead charges, overhead cost, overhead expenses). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

накладные расходы (extras, overhead charges, overhead costs, overhead expenses). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

opšti troškovi (overhead). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

gastos generales (oncost, overhead). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

overheadkostnader, indirekta kostnader (burden, indirect costs), fasta kostnader (fixed costs, overhead), driftsomkostnad (farm expenditures expenses), driftskostnad (farm expenditures expenses), allmänna omkostnader (oncost). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sabit masraflar, genel giderler (general expenses, running expenses). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

накладні витрати (oncost, overhead). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: OVERHEADS

Misspellings

"OVERHEADS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: overhaed, overheards, overhide. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "OVERHEADS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "OVERHEADS" (pronounced ō"verhe'dz)
5-er h e' d zcopperheads, loggerheads.
4-h e' d zarrowheads, beachheads, bulkheads, Bullheads, deadheads, flatheads, foreheads, skinheads, warheads.
3-e' d zcoeds, hotbeds, newlyweds, waterbeds, watersheds.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: OVERHEADS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-h-o-r-s-v"

-1 letter: overhead, reshaved, sorehead.

-2 letters: adheres, adverse, evaders, havered, headers, hearsed, heavers, hovered, oversad, oversea, reshave, savored, sheared, sheaved.

-3 letters: adhere, adores, ahorse, ashore, averse, dasher, deaves, droves, erased, erodes, evader, evades, haeres, havers, header, hearse, heaved, heaver, heaves, heders, heroes, hoards, hoarse, hordes, horsed, hovers, oreads, overed, reaved, reaves, redoes, reseda, reshod, reshoe.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-h-o-r-s-v"
 

+2 letters: overhandles, slaveholder.

 

+3 letters: overshadowed, overslaughed, slaveholders.

 

+4 letters: overharvested, videographers, videographies.

 

+5 letters: overemphasized.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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