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Meaning:
Adjective:
- accounting of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business
- located above, especially over the head
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Adverb:
- above one's head;in the sky
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Noun:
- computing data or steps of computation that is only used to facilitate the computations in the system and is not directly related to the actual program code or data being processed. E.g. ''network overhead'' is the header data that is required to route and transport data over network; ''fork overhead'' is the additional time and memory cost of creating and managing new processes within operating system.
- countable An overhead projector.
- countable A sheet of transparent material with an image used with an overhead projector; an overhead transparency.
- business|accounting The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
- nautical The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel
- tennis - An overhead ''ball is high enough to strike with an arm motion that allows the racquet to follow a path up and over the head of the person striking the ball.
- transport The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses.
- uncountable 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.
- business|accounting The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
- business| Wasted money.
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