About The Word Overhead
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Overhead
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What's The Definition Of Overhead?
[n] a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
[n] (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship [n] a transparency for use with an overhead projector [n] (computer science) the disk space required for non-data information (used for location and timing) [n] the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes [n] (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command [adv] above the head; over the head; "bring the legs together overhead" [adv] above your head; in the sky; "planes were flying overhead" [adj] located or originating from above; "an overhead crossing" Synonyms | Synonyms for Overhead: budget items | command overhead | command processing overhead | command processing overhead time | disk overhead | elevated | operating cost | operating expense | smash | viewgraph Related Terms | Find terms related to Overhead: above | abovestairs | airward | aloft | aloof | budget | budget items | burden of expenditure | carrying charge | ceiling | charges | cost | cost of living | cost-of-living allowance | cost-of-living index | costs | direct costs | disbursals | distributed costs | eaves | elevated | expenditures | expense | expense account | expenses | general expenses | high | high up | housetop | in the air | in the clouds | indirect costs | labor costs | lantern | liabilities | maintenance | material costs | on high | on stilts | on the peak | on tiptoe | operating costs | operating expense | outlay | over | overhead | penthouse | plafond | prime cost | raised | replacement cost | ridgepole | roof | roof garden | roofage | roof-deck | roofing | roofpole | rooftop | rooftree | shingles | skylight | skyward | slates | straight up | swindle sheet | tiles | tiptoe | to the zenith | top | unit cost | up | upper | upstairs | upward | upwards See Also | access time | cabin | ceiling | disbursal | disbursement | disc space | disk space | expense | foil | operating budget | processing time | return | transparency Overhead In Webster's Dictionary \O`ver*head"\, adv.
Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the
story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.
While overhead the moon Sits arbitress. --Milton.
Note: Also used adjectively; as, an overhead crane, gear,
etc.
{Overhead engine}, a vertical steam engine in which the
cylinder stands above the crank.
{Overhead work}, a general term in manufactories for
countershafting and gearing, when overhead.
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