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Meaning of "overheads" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERHEADS

overheads  [ˈəʊvəˌhɛdz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERHEADS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overheads is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OVERHEADS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Overhead (business)

In business, overhead or overhead expense refers to an ongoing expense of operating a business; it is also known as an "operating expense". Examples include rent, gas, electricity, and labour burden. The term overhead is usually used when grouping expenses that are necessary to the continued functioning of the business but cannot be immediately associated with the products or services being offered. Closely related accounting concepts are fixed costs and variable costs as well as indirect costs and direct costs. Overhead expenses are all costs on the income statement except for direct labour, direct materials, and direct expenses. Overhead expenses include accounting fees, advertising, insurance, interest, legal fees, labor burden, rent, repairs, supplies, taxes, telephone bills, travel expenditures, and utilities.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERHEADS


hardheads
ˈhɑːdˌhɛdz
heads
hɛdz
loggerheads
ˈlɒɡəhɛdz
meds
mɛdz
threads
θrɛdz
zeds
ˈzɛdz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERHEADS

overhead
overhead camshaft
overhead costs
overhead door
overhead light
overhead lighting
overhead locker
overhead projection
overhead projector
overhead valve
overhead-valve engine
overheap
overhear
overheat
overheated
overheating
overhent
overhigh
overhit
overhold

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERHEADS

at loggerheads
Baily´s beads
beads
count one´s beads
jump leads
Meads
prayer beads
saffron threads
the heads
turn heads
worry beads

Synonyms and antonyms of overheads in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OVERHEADS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «overheads» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of overheads

Translation of «overheads» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERHEADS

Find out the translation of overheads to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overheads from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overheads» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

经费
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gastos indirectos
570 millions of speakers

English

overheads
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ओवरहेड्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَصَارِيفٌ عَامَةٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

накладные расходы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

despesas gerais
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overheads
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

frais généraux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Overhed
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

allgemeine Unkosten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

諸経費
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경상비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overheads
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chi phí hành chính
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செலவுகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओव्हरहेड्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Genel giderler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spese generali
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

koszty ogólne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

накладні витрати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cheltuieli de regie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γενικά έξοδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorhoofse koste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

omkostnader
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

faste utgifter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overheads

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERHEADS»

The term «overheads» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.156 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERHEADS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overheads

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2 QUOTES WITH «OVERHEADS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word overheads.
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Hamadoun Toure
Broadband gives small businesses the opportunity to broaden their customer base and reduce their overheads through e-commerce platforms.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERHEADS»

Discover the use of overheads in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overheads and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF COST ACCOUNTING
(CIMA Official Terminology) In simple terms, apportionment refers to proportionate allotment of common overheads to various cost centres on some equitable basis. Examples of common overheads are: (i) Rent and rates of the building in ...
ASISH K. BHATTACHARYYA, 2004
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Contemporary Auditing
Apportionment and Absorption of Production Overheads In a multi-product environment, there are common service cost centres which provide services to the various production cost centres and other service cost centres. The first step to be ...
Gupta, 2004
3
Cost Accounting
When the overheads are classified as per the functions of the business it is known as functional classification: Classification of Overheads (i) Factory overheads (ii) Office overheads (iii) Selling overheads (iv) Distribution overheads (v) ...
SP Gupta, Ajay Sharma, Satish Ahuja
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Cost Accounting
Overheads Classification, Distribution and Control LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter you should be able to: 1 . Understand the term " overheads". 2. Classify the overheads into different categories. 3. Understand the  ...
Rajasekaran V., 2010
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Cost Accounting, 3E
SELLING AND DISTRIBUTION OVERHEADS Selling overheads include the costs incurred in promoting sales and retaining customers. Distribution overheads include the costs of the process which begins with making the packed product ...
Jawaharlal, 2002
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Cost Accounting
The situation of under/over absorption of overheads (or overhead variance) may arise ^^^ where a predetermined overhead rate is used to charge overheads. 14.2 Meaning of Under-absorption of Overheads Under-absorption of overheads  ...
Tulsian, 2006
7
Using OpenMP: Portable Shared Memory Parallel Programming
5.3.2 Overheads of the OpenMP Translation A cost is associated with the creation of OpenMP parallel regions, with the sharing of work among threads, and with all kinds of synchronization. The actual overheads experienced by an application ...
Barbara Chapman, Gabriele Jost, Ruud van der Pas, 2008
8
Cost Accounting
Functional Classification of Overheads When the overheads are classified as per the functions of the business it is known as functional classification: Function wise Classification of Overheads Behaviour wise (i) Factory overheads (ii) Office ...
SP Gupta, Ajay Sharma, Vikram Thakur
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Cost Accounting and Financial Management: For CA Integrated ...
The above approach helps in recovering the total cost including the overheads with a greater degree of accuracy. However, this method of absorption will not be useful in taking a decision about a particular product. For example, a production ...
V. Venkatasivakumar
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Cost Accounting: As per the syllabus of B.Com (Hons.)
Part A-—For Undergraduate Leve Secondary overheads distribution: A: Rs. 11,571. l0. ll. I2. l3. I5. I6. l7. I8. I9. 20. 2 l. 22. 23. 24. -25. 26. 27. Define the term: overheads. What constitutes overheads? Define “classification”. Name the functional ...
V. Rajasekaran

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERHEADS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overheads is used in the context of the following news items.
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Racket Sports: Epstein, Yellayi new Muny singles champs
Once at the net, his unerring volleys (shots hit in the air) and booming overheads have to be disconcerting to any opponent that he plays ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
2
Drones used locally in agriculture, construction
Norris has shot overheads of the Shawnee roundabout for the Allen County Engineer's office and Brion Rhodes, chief deputy engineer, said the ... «Lima Ohio, Jul 15»
3
How to get the best rates for your euros and the best cards to use …
They benefit from having a lot of travellers exchanging euros and don't have the same overheads as banks, so they can offer good rates.'. «This is Money, Jul 15»
4
Old traditions continue in new location for barbershop
She said the business had a big community focus and the team always does its best to keep overheads and costs down for customers. «Toowoomba Chronicle, Jul 15»
5
Coke Seems Set So Sustain Solid Performance Off The Back Of …
This will help the company efficiently manage its inventory and reduce transportation, administrative and direct production overheads. «Seeking Alpha, Jul 15»
6
New Homes: Downsizing was key to our fun new life
We had a stress-free move with McCarthy and Stone, and we find that we are not spending so much on heating, lighting and other overheads ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
7
OK Zimbabwe records decline in sales
“Recognising the reality of the economic downturn with the resultant negative impact on revenue generation, measures to reduce overheads ... «The Zimbabwe Standard, Jul 15»
8
'Mergers' a gold mine of information
... possible while not creating a large and expensive bureaucracy which drives up overheads on research and teaching,” Georghiou explains in ... «Bowling Green Daily News, Jul 15»
9
Tudung makers see heady success online
Low overheads also enable them to keep prices affordable for their market – university students on a budget. AmeeraZaini Hijab Revival ... «The Malaysian Insider, Jul 15»
10
De Beers H1 Sales Drop 21%; Lowers Production Guidance
... to make marginal adjustments to production plans and that production costs and overheads are being tightly managed to minimize the impact ... «IDEX Online, Jul 15»

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