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overhead
[ adverb oh-ver-hed; adjective noun oh-ver-hed ]
adverb
There was a cloud overhead.
- so as to be completely submerged or deeply involved:
to plunge overhead in water; to sink overhead in debt.
adjective
an overhead sprinkler system.
- of or relating to the general cost of running a business:
overhead expenses; an overhead charge.
noun
- the general, fixed cost of running a business, as rent, lighting, and heating expenses, which cannot be charged or attributed to a specific product or part of the work operation.
- Accounting. that part of manufacturing costs for which cost per unit produced is not readily assignable.
- (in a hoistway) the distance between the last floor level served and the beam supporting the hoisting sheaves or machinery.
- an overhead compartment, shelf, etc.:
Pillows are in the overhead above each passenger's seat.
- Also called overhead shot. Movies, Television. a shot in which the camera is positioned above the actors, especially directly overhead.
- a ceiling light in a room:
Turn off the overheads when you leave.
- Also called overhead projector. a projector capable of projecting images above and behind the person operating it, thus allowing a lecturer or speaker to remain facing the audience while using it.
- Also called overhead projection. a picture or image projected in this manner:
a lecture enhanced with overheads.
overhead
adjective
- situated or operating above head height or some other reference level
- prenominal inclusive
the overhead price included meals
adverb
- over or above head height, esp in the sky
noun
- a stroke in racket games played from above head height
- ( as modifier )
an overhead smash
- nautical the interior lining above one's head below decks in a vessel
- short for overhead door
- modifier of, concerned with, or resulting from overheads
overhead costs
overhead
- All costs of running a business other than wages paid to production workers or payments for raw material to be used in production. Overhead includes the cost of renting or leasing a store in which business is transacted, the cost of heating a factory, and similar expenses.
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Example Sentences
Twin buglers played “Taps” and three police helicopters flew overhead in the missing-man formation.
But they have high fixed costs—overhead, maintenance, staff, and power.
A Molotov cocktail tumbled in an arc overhead and erupted briefly in a blaze.
U.S. warplanes roaring overhead unleashed missiles and precision-guided bombs, but they could do nothing to solve this problem.
Bulbs strung among branches in the overhead wild hibiscus tree form a radiant canopy.
Out of the darkening sky rang the twanging call of a night-hawk, and the cluck of a dozing hen sounded from the foliage overhead.
The gigantic pylon, its shoulders breaking the sky four-square far overhead, seemed the prodigious portal of another world.
The long dry fingers of the palm trees rattled overhead, and looking up, he saw the divine light of the starry heavens.
Coming to a gate of red stone, Yung Pak asked the meaning of the carved arrow in the arch overhead.
And the lead wire from the aerials, well grounded, was brought directly in from overhead and connected with the radio set.
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