overheads

/ ˈəʊvəˌhɛdz /

plural noun

1. Also called: burden.  fixed costs.  indirect costs.  oncost. business expenses, such as rent, that are not directly attributable to any department or product and can therefore be assigned only arbitrarily Compare prime cost

Example Sentences

A seller on TikTok can sell toilet paper cheaper than a high street shop, she adds, because there are no overheads, no staff, and probably very little stock.

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Universities also say their research funding, from governments and other sources, fails to cover costs of the overheads they have in facilities.

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"I think the government should be helping employers, a lot of them are small or medium-sized businesses, they have overheads and insurance to pay for," Ms Marks told BBC News NI.

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In February, the US government cut billions of dollars from overheads in grants for biomedical research as a part of broader cost-saving measures.

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The England skipper often makes his decision in home Tests by looking at the overheads rather than the surface, and the Manchester sky was moody for most of the day.

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